the namakkaara-.tiikaa on se.t.tho

Hi everyone,

It's going to take me a little more time to study the derivations of
the word 'se.t.tho' after finding a very good commentary on its six
derivations in the Namakkaara.tiikaa, p.11 (on the CSCD disk). This
text is a .tiikaa on the Namakkaarapaa.li (consisting of 33 salutary
verses on the Buddha). Neither text is listed in CPD, Geiger, nor DPPN
and I don't see the name of the author at the end of the .tiikaa but
there is a date: 2489 B.E. (1945), and it appears to be a Myanmarese
work as the country Mrammara.t.tha is mentioned. I'd appreciate it if
anyone could give me the name of the author(s) of these texts. The
gloss on 'se.t.tho' in the Kacc-va.n.n gives only two derivations
which are also included in this Tika. I reproduce the text below in
case any of you would like to study it while I do, but it is in an
etymological (nirutti) style so it may be too difficult for some of
you to follow at this point. I or someone else will explain it to you
later.

From the Namakkaara.tiikaa, p. 11:
se.t.thanti gu.namahantattaa pasatthatara.m. so hi pasatthaana.m
visesena pasatthoti se.t.thoti vuccati. pasatthapada.m, visesataddhite
i.t.thapaccayo. pasatthasaddassa so, pasatthaana.m
paccekabuddhaariyasaavakaadiina.m siilasamaadhipa~n~naadigu.nehi
visesena pasatthoti attho. atha vaa sundare satipa.t.thaanaadibhede
dhamme esati gavesati esi.m gavesinti vaa se.t.tho, buddho.
supubbo-esa gavesane ta. tassa ra.t.tho. susaddo sundarattho. santehi
sappurisehi esitabbo gavesitabboti vaa se.t.tho. santasadduupapado isa
gavesane ta, santasaddassa so, ikaarasse, tassa.t.tho. santehi
sappurisehi icchiyati kantiyatiiti vaa se.t.tho. santasaddopapado isu
icchaakantiisu ta. atha vaa santaana.m sappurisaana.m hitasukha.m
icchatiiti se.t.tho, buddho. kattusaadhanoya.m. sundare
satipa.t.thaanaadibhede dhamme eseti buddhetiiti vaa se.t.tho.
hetukattusaadhanoya.m. supubba-esadhaatu buddhiya.m ta. ta.m
se.t.tha.m.

I repeat the same text divided up into the six derivations:

1) se.t.thanti gu.namahantattaa pasatthatara.m. so hi pasatthaana.m
visesena pasatthoti se.t.thoti vuccati. pasatthapada.m, visesataddhite
i.t.thapaccayo. pasatthasaddassa so, pasatthaana.m
paccekabuddhaariyasaavakaadiina.m siilasamaadhipa~n~naadigu.nehi
visesena pasatthoti attho.

2) atha vaa sundare satipa.t.thaanaadibhede dhamme esati gavesati
esi.m gavesinti vaa se.t.tho, buddho. supubbo-esa gavesane ta. tassa
ra.t.tho. susaddo sundarattho.

3) santehi sappurisehi esitabbo gavesitabboti vaa se.t.tho.
santasadduupapado isa gavesane ta, santasaddassa so, ikaarasse,
tassa.t.tho.

4) santehi sappurisehi icchiyati kantiyatiiti vaa se.t.tho.
santasaddopapado isu icchaakantiisu ta.

5) atha vaa santaana.m sappurisaana.m hitasukha.m icchatiiti se.t.tho,
buddho. kattusaadhanoya.m.

6) sundare satipa.t.thaanaadibhede dhamme eseti buddhetiiti vaa
se.t.tho. hetukattusaadhanoya.m. supubba-esadhaatu buddhiya.m ta. ta.m
se.t.tha.m.

Best wishes,
Jim