Re: Gheppanti vs. Ga.nhaanti in Kaccayana

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:

(§548)  "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