Dear Stephen,
Yes, you gave a very good explanation,
thank you,
Nina.
Op 14-dec-2010, om 17:16 heeft Stephen Hodge het volgende geschreven:

> I think the use of "bhavissati" here is actually an instance of the
> well-known idiomatic use of the future as an expression of
> uncertainty,
> confusion or amazement relating to the present ~ "he might be / he
> could
> be". It is not that the man will become a yakkha, but that they
> think he
> might be one already ! A similar occurence is found in the Dona-
> sutta where
> a brahmin is puzzled as to the Buddha's identity.

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