Re: se.t.tho -- derivation 5

Dear Nina,

> > 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.
> N: Thank you, that helped. I looked up both kinds. I also had in the
Vis.
> Tiika 'ana' quite a lot in compounds.
> saadhana: I met this also in the Tiika, and thought: effecting,
producing,
> resulting. Does the word saadhaka help: accomplishing, effecting?
Then
> function would not be far removed from this meaning.  >

I think the 'saadhana' in 'kattusaadhana', for example, is an agent
noun. One of the two meanings of saadhana given at Abh 890 is
'kaaraka', an agent noun; the other one being 'siddhi', suggesting
that in this sense it is an action noun. Both of them are likely
causative forms related to the causative verb 'saadheti'. I looked up
the affix 'ana' in Kaccaayana and was amazed at just how much more
complex its usage is. Properly speaking, 'ana' is a substitute of the
kit affix 'yu' which can denote an agent, an action, or an instrument,
and their causative forms. I have reproduced the sutta below so you
can see the many examples and how difficult it could be to understand
'ana' without any help. ('kaarite' refers to the causative; 'aka' is a
substitute of .nvu)

Kc 641. nudaadiihi yu.nvuunamanaananaakaananakaa sakaaritehi ca.
  nuda suuda jana su luu hu pu bhuu ~naa asa samuiccevamaadiihi
dhaatuuhi, phanda citi aa.na iccevamaadiihi sakaaritehi ca yu.nvuuna.m
paccayaana.m ana aanana aka aananakaadesaa honti yathaasa"nkhya.m
kattari, bhaavakara.nesu ca.

kattari taava -- panudatiiti panuudano. eva.m suudano, janano,
sava.no, lavano, havano, pavano, bhavano, ~naa.no, asano, sama.no.

bhaave ca -- panudate panuudana.m. eva.m suudana.m, janana.m,
sava.na.m, lavana.m, havana.m, pavana.m, bhavana.m, ~naa.na.m,
asana.m, sama.na.m, sa~njaanana.m, kuyate kaanana.m.

kaarite ca -- phandaapiiyate phandaapana.m, cetaapiiyate cetaapana.m,
aa.naapiiyate aa.naapana.m.

kara.ne -- nudanti anenaati nuudana.m, eva.m suudana.m, janana.m,
sava.na.m, lava.na.m, havana.m, pavana.m, bhagana.m, ~naa.na.m,
asana.m, sava.na.m.

puna kattari -- nudatiiti nuudako, suudatiiti suudako, janetiiti
janako, su.notiiti saavako, lunaatiiti laavako, juhotiiti haavako,
punaatiiti paavako, bhavatiiti bhaavako, jaanaatiiti  jaanako,
asatiiti asako, upaasatiiti upaasako, sametiiti samako.

kaarite tu -- phandaapayatiiti phandaapayako. eva.m aa.naapayako,
cetaapayako, sa~njaananako.

Jim