Dear Yong Peng,
thank you very much.
Op 26-sep-2010, om 13:33 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:

> "Asappurisabhuumi~nca vo, bhikkhave, desessaami sappurisabhuumi~nca.
> basis of an unworthy person-and / you / monks / will teach / basis
> of a worthy person-and
> "O monks, I will teach you the basis of an unworthy person, and the
> basis of a worthy person.
>
> sappurisabhuumi (f) basis of a worthy person.

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N:sappurisa stands for an ariyan disciple. PTS has for bhumi: condition.
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> "Eva.m, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhuu bhagavato paccassosu.m.
>
> "Make it so, sir," indeed, to the Blessed One, those monks assented.

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N: Suggested: Yes lord, those monks assented to the Blessed One.
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> Asabbhi heta.m, bhikkhave, upa~n~naata.m yadida.m akata~n~nutaa
> akataveditaa.
>
> ??? Help needed for asabbhi.
>
> sabbhi = instrumental plural of sant.
> - sant (ppr of atthi) being.

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N: we would expect the ending of -ehi. But sat or sant is very
irregular.

>

-sant means also true. I am inclined to connect asabbhi with
asappurisa. Asabbhi upa~n~naata.m: it is wellknown with (regard to)
the non-true ones, that is to say ingratitude...
PTS translates with: congenial to mean people.
Only the form sabbhi from sant is not yet clear. Perhaps Jim could help?
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Nina.

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