On 1/24/2011 6:48 AM, Rosa Grau wrote:
>
> Hi Larry,
>
> It is actually vā pana "or else" (see PED under Pana) + assa (of him,
> his). Pana goes with the previous word and then comes the genitive
> pronoun. Final a of pana is elided that's why the two words appear
> together. It could also be written pan' assa. It is not a compound but
> sandhi.
>
> Rosa
>
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