Thanks, Lennart,

Himi must be the indicative or titular form of the vocative hamudruvo, then.
Like "phra" in Thai.

With metta,

Piya

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Lennart Lopin <novalis78@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Himi = monk in Sinhalese/Sinhala
>
> Metta,
> Lennart
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...> wrote:
>
> > This "Fourth" Vism (Nyanamoli) edition is certainly the best I've seen so
> > far, not only with the totally new digital typeset, but with footnotes
> > rather than troublesome endnotes.
> >
> > However, there is a mystery about this new edition. I have a "Fifth"
> edition
> > (dated 1991) printed by Karunaratne & Son in Colombo. Its print is much
> > clearer than this 2010 ed. It follows the old format. I wonder if this is
> > the "lost" digital version mentioned in our edition here, which is given
> as
> > the 4th ed (2010). This is going to be confusing for the librarians.
> Anyway,
> > it remains that we have a more readable 2010 edition here.
> >
> > What does "Himi" at the end of Buddhaghosa and Nyanamoli's names mean?
> >
> > With metta,
> >
> > Piya Tan
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Brian Farley <zouzougne@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.
> >>
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