Dear Jayarava,



Your last suggestion is right. It is na (p)pamajjati.



Noun: (p)pamaado

Negated noun: appamaado



verb: (p)pamajjati

Negated verb: na (p)pamajjati.



Metta

James Whelan



From: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
jayarava
Sent: 28 June 2011 14:41
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Pali] nappamajjati - not negligent?





Everyone seems to render nappamajjati (e.g. in Dhp 259) as "not negligent",
and commentary seems to support this, but I'm puzzled. If it was na
pamajjati, or even appamajjati, OK. But nappamajjati is a double negative
surely? I.e. na-appamajjati. Or should we read na(p)pamajjati? Is that
possible? How should we parse this?

Thanks
Jayarava





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