Re: Mor on the Ablative /-to/

Hi, Jim:
(i) So, Nina/Warder have found the lacative use of /-to/.
(ii) You have found the nominative use of /-to/.
Here although, according to Saddaniti, it can function as
a nominative case marker. In our Dhammapada example of
saara.m etc., it can be (at least semantically)
interpreted as the accusative marker: i.e.,
"knowing the essense as essense".
(iii) We can easily imagine that the /-to/ would be used
as an instrumental case marker, given the fact that
ablative and instrumental are close in meaning.
(iv) Next, as for genetive, we may be able to find
the use of /-to/ in the sense of the possessed source.
(iv) Given that ablative and dative express rather opposite
notions, I have a doubt that /-to/ can be used as a dative
marker. However, should we be able to find such an instance of
/-to/ as a dative marker, then, we would have to change our
idea of the /-to/ completely. tadao