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Dear Jim (and all),

I'm just following through and thinking out loud a little here....

  --- Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote: > Dear Sarah,
> >4. What is the Pali for 'Scholars and Meditators' in ANV1,46? I assume
> >Meditators is some form of jhayanti (the verb I think)
>
> dhammayogaa bhikkhuu & jhaayii bhikkhuu

I'm looking at the Rhys Davids & Stede dict. here....(not quoting)

Jhaayati (vb)- to meditate, contemplate, think upon, brood over, search for ,
hunt after.....also sugests from (sk- didheti-shine, cinteti - citta)

jhaayana (n)- meditating, practice of meditation (sk-dhyasnyoga)

jhaayin (adj) -(see jhaayati & jhaana) pondering over, intent on: meditative,
self-concentrated, engaged in jhaana practice

presumably jhaayii is nom pl adj of jhaayin?

Do all these terms always refer to s.o. engaged in jhana practice I wonder?
Obviously in the Sutta here, jhaayii bhikkhu were developing jhanas & vipassana
. I can't locate for now the earlier ref. in a sutta we had to jhaayati
(Parinibbana sutta?).

Sarah



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