Dear Bhante Sobhana,

Thanks for the input. Just checked with Achim Fahs' "Grammatik des Pali",
par. 152 (p. 99) where it lists "aṭṭhāhi" as a "rare side form of some
cardinal numbers" for the Instr. and Ablative. He also lists "pañcahi" and
"dasabhi" in the same paradigm. Did not look it up before, but Bryan's
context made it pretty clear. Thanks again,

metta,
Lennart

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:53 AM, sakyaputtiyo <sakyaputtiyo@...>wrote:

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>
> Dear Dhamma friends,
> i have a comment on the term a.t.thahaakaarehi. It has become an old topic
> - you all have stopped discussing about it. hope it helps.
>
> A.t.thahaakaarehi is a compound term in third case, made by dropping the
> case of the first word: a.t.tha + hi + aakaara + hi. Modern grammarians
> consider 'ehi' as an instrumental case. According to kaccaayana, the case
> ending is not ehi, but hi. The commentary on sa.yutta nikaaya, Mahaavagga
> .tikaa says a.t.thahaakaarehi means a.t.thahi kaara.nehi.
>
> If the term is a.t.thaakaara, then it is a case of sandhi word: a.t.t.ha +
> aakaara
>
> May you all be happy and peaceful
> Bhante Sobhana
>
>
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