Dear Mahinda,

Thanks for the clear explanation and the references,


Metta, Bryan



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From: Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...>
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:38:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: pahitatto


 
Dear Mahinda,
Thank you for explaining about bahubbiihi.
Appreciated.
Nina.
Op 19-dec-2011, om 18:57 heeft Mahinda Palihawadana het volgende
geschreven:

> Because of this, a bahubbiihi must have a flexible form. This
> is usually achieved by converting it to the declensional pattern of
> words
> ending in -a. So when a bahubbiihi has atta(n), raaja(n) (etc.) as its
> last member, it is delined as if that word was atta-/ raaja.. That
> is, it
> does not follow the declensional pattern of words ending in -an, but
> follows that of words ending in -a (like purisa, than like raajan).

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