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I have kept what I found most helpful below, with a couple of queries.



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From: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
sakyaputtiyo
Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2011 1:47 PM
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Pali] Re: NPC Excericse 26 error?



It is also used in the construction with roots that has the sense of
'aarocana'; or the object to which/whom something is said takes dative case.
The subject that speaks is kattaa; what is said is kamma; the receiver is
sampadaana. E.g. dhana.m me dehi. Note that this is also a type of receptive
construction.

bhikkhuuna.m dhamma��� deseti,

[Dhammadarsa] I�m guessing this should be dhamma.m.


bhikkhuuna��� etadavoca.
[Dhammadarsa] I�m guessing this should be bhikkhuuna.m.


The object of 'Pati +su' also takes dative.
te bhikkhuu bhagavato paccassosu.m

The object of 'aa + su' also takes dative.
Bhikkhuu buddhassa aasu.nanti

The object of 'anu (pati) + gi' also take dative.
bhikkhu jana.m dhamma.m saaveti, jano tassa bhikkhuno anugi.naati
pa.tigi.naati (=
saadhukaara.m 'deti').

May all beings be happy and be free from troubles
bhante Sobhana

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com> , Dhammadarsa
<dhammadaso@...> wrote:

>
> Ven/Kind Sirs and Ladies
>
> English to Pali #20: Buddhena devaana.m manussaana.m ca dhammo

bhaasiiyati.

>
> It seems a bit strange to me that "to gods and men" is in the dative. I
> would have taught talking/speaking/preaching to etc would require

accusative

> objects, e.g.:
>
> Buddhena deve manusse ca dhammo bhaasiiyati.
>
> That is what I have seen in the book up till this point. Could someone
> clarify please?

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