Re: se.t.tho -- derivation 5

Dear Nina,

> Meanwhile a few questions:
> Action noun and agent noun. I still find it difficult to know the
> difference.

You'll find a section on 'action nouns' in Warder on p.138. Nouns with
the primary affix 'ana' are very often action nouns. An example is
'dassana' (seeing). For examples of 'agent nouns' try looking in
Warder's index under that name.

As I progress I will attempt to identify these and other kinds of
nouns. I think we will have to come up with some new names for the
ones I've never heard of in English before. Suggestions for four of
the other kinds are: object noun, instrument noun, recipient noun,
locus noun (eg. a place-name). I still have to come up with one for
apaadaana-saadhana. The 'se.t.tho' in derivations 3 & 4 can be
classified as an object noun.

> Then the last sentence : abhivandiya, you have: having saluted, but
> I thought: should be saluted, as in Karaniya (Mettaa Sutta), and
> Warder. I noticed it just before going away, but meanwhile you
> may have dealt with this?

No, I haven't dealt with this yet. I'm positive 'abhivandiya' is an
absolutive with the 'ya' affix. If it had the same 'aniiya' affix that
'kara.niiya' has then it would have been 'abhivandaniiya' with an
inflected ending. Mahaavijitaavi's commentary on Kaccaayana shows that
'abhivandiya' = 'abhivanditvaa' in the following:

abhivandiya -- abhipubbo vandadhaatu vandane, abhi aadarena vanditvaa
ti abhivandiya.

Note that 'aadarena' (with respect) gives the meaning of the prefix
'abhi', so we could translate 'abhivandiya' as 'having respectfully
saluted'.

Jim