Re: Gheppanti vs. Ga.nhaanti in Kaccayana
From: rett
Message: 931
Date: 2004-11-19
Hi,
>
>So my question is a simple one: are these in fact two forms of the same
>verb? Or is Gheppanti of a different meaning/root from ga.nhaanti?
Here's what Pischel says:
(ยง548) "M. JM. AMg. A. use for it gheppai= Pali gheppati, wich the
Indian grammarians [examples snipped] and the European scholars drag
to grabh, however, belongs to the parallel root *gh.rp ."
(I haven't seen that root, so I'm assuming the * means a
reconstructed form here)
Saddaniiti:
Dhaatumaalaa has under: "1267 gaha upaadaane"
"gheppati ga.nhaati vaa"
Suttamaalaa has under " 931 gahaadito yathaaraha.m aakhyaatatte
naamatte ca ppa-.nha "
"... ppa .nha" icc ete paccayaa honti kattari: gheppati ga.nhati
which is parallel to Kacc 452 (the Kacc sutta you meant?).
Hope this is of help. I haven't looked into this beyond finding and
quoting these references. YMMV. At least Mason's interpretation
appears to be supported by the indigenous tradition.
best regards
/Rett