Re: corrections AN I.51-52

Dear Nina,

>Thank you for the interesting remarks. I shall study the many meanings of
>vi. Later on I had thought also that vi would reinforce: pamutta.m, in the
>sense of: completely away from.

Interesting. The Abhidhanappadipika list of 19 meanings of 'vi' seems like
too many to work with and so few examples are offered in its tika. And it
seems to me that the list is duplicating an old Sanskrit one. The Saddaniti,
p. 885 has a much shorter list of 7 meanings which I think would be easier
to work with and seems to fit better with the commentaries:

1. visese (vimutto, visi.t.tho)
2. vividhe (vimati, vicitra.m)
3. viruddhe (vivaado)
4. vigate (vimala.m)
5. aadikamme (vippakata.m)
6. viruupatthe (viruupo)
7. viyoge (vippayutto)

>cittabhaavanaa: establishment of citta, cittapariggaho: what citta
acquires?
>And that should be pa~n~naa.

Agreed. I think this passage from the tika I sent you should help explain
cittapariggaho: "sampayuttadhammehi nissayaaramma.nehi ca saddhi.m
cittassa pariggahasa~n~nitaa vipassanaabhaavanaapi . . ." Citta.t.thiti is
likely related to samathabhaavanaa.

>Also animals, petas and those in hell have rebirth-consciousness,
>bhavangacitta, cuticitta, and cittas experiencing objects in processes.
>During bhavangacittas no upakilesas, but their bhavangacitta experiences an
>unpleasant object, throughout life. I do not dare to make any statement of
>that type of bhavanga-citta being luminous.

It seems to me that bhavangacitta would not be able to experience an
unpleasant object because that would entail an accompanying unpleasant
feeling.  From my understanding, only somanassa or upekkha feelings can
accompany a bhavangacitta. Is this right or wrong?

>I would like very much the Pali com and subcom that you offered,  if it is
>not too much trouble. Thank you very much, Nina.

I hope you received the file I sent you.

Best wishes,
Jim


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