(Sarah) the root of sekha/sikkhaa/"sik.saa

Dear Sarah,

Here is a response to one of your questions. I will respond later to
your questions about the Kesamutta Sutta.

> Qu: we know `Sekha' is the learner or one in need of training, i.e
> not attained arahatship but at least an ariyan (Mulapariyaya sutta
> etc). Is it from the same root of `siksaa'? Like you say, sikkhaa is
> not theoretical training...does it refer in these contexts to ariyan
> `study' or mindfulness only as well? (I know that sometimes it's
> used in connection with sila and samadhi as well as panna --as
> in adhisila sikkha).

The Pali verbal root (dhaatu) of words like sekha, sikkhaa,
anusikkhi(n), etc. is 'sikkh' (82. sikkha vijjopaadaane in the
Dhaatumaala of the Saddaniiti) and the Sanskrit equivalent is "sik.s
("sik.sa vidyopaadaane 1.636; "s = the s with the acute mark above
it).  I don't see 'vijjopaadaana' listed in any of my dictionaries and
my guess is that it means the acquiring (upaadaana) of knowledge
(vijjaa) which in my mind could include scriptural learning
(pariyatti) as well as practice (pa.tipatti) both of which are aimed
at the attainment of the higher knowledges (adhigama or pa.tivedha).
At this point I don't know what -anusikkhi(n) really means in the
context of the passage it is found and considerably more investigation
is likely needed such as looking at instances of its usage in other
passages, checking with the commentaries, checking out the suffix, and
so on. This kind of knowledge is hard to come by.

Best wishes,

Jim

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