Dear Khun Amara,
--- Amara <joychay@...> wrote:
> When we use the word -fold, such as the eightfold
> path, doesn't it
> mean a simultaneous happening? The different
> aspects of the same
> thing?
Here's what Merriam-Webster has to say:
Main Entry: -fold
Pronunciation: "fOld, 'fOld
Function: suffix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -feald;
akin to Old High German -falt -fold, Latin -plex,
-plus, Old English fealdan
1 : multiplied by (a specified number) : times -- in
adjectives <a sixfold increase> and adverbs <repay you
tenfold>
2 : having (so many) parts <threefold aspect of the
problem>
This is from their Collegiate dictionary--an
unabridged dictionary might have more information.
But definition 2 certainly does concur with your
second definition. Here's Ven. Buddhadatta's 'vidha':
(in cpds.) of a kind; consisting of: --fold.
naanaavidha = manifold
mike
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