Re: Kaccayana edition

Hi Rett,
Thank you very much. I never thought of neuter case. Useful to know.
Nina.
op 22-01-2004 10:03 schreef rett op rett@...:

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>> Text: samaahaaraasamaahaaresu ekattaa napu.msakattaa ca;
>> N: why here an eunuch? with and without nutrition? This is a difficult one.
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>
> A 'samaahaara' is a kind of dvandva compound where two things that
> form a natural pair are put together, and the whole is expressed in
> the singular neuter. The most typical example for us would be
> pattaciivara.m 'bowl and robe'.
> This is probably the sense of samaahaara here, though the exact
> meaning of this compound is unclear to me without the context.
> Perhaps this is enough of a hint.
>
> napu.msaka is the term for neuter case, as Jim mentioned.
>
> ekattaa and napu.msakattaa appear to be in ablative...
>
> perhaps tr. "because of (it's being) singular and neuter".