Re: Mmd- (ka) part

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the interesting translation. I'd like to pose a question about this.

>4) The 'abhivandaniiyassa' (worthy of veneration) in
>'sabbalokaabhivandaniiyassa' is not a fut. pass. part.
>(abhi-vand-aniiya) but rather a secondary word derived from
>'abhivandana' + the taddhita affix 'iiya' (in the sense of worthy,
>deserving) like 'dakkhi.neyya' or 'dakkhi.niiya' meaning 'worthy of
>offerings'. I could not find this affix in Kaccaaayana but it is
>included in Sd 775 (arahatthe iiy' eyyaa).

It's my understanding that since the fpp ending -aniiya is added to
verb stems, a special rule is needed to account for the small number
of words formed by analogy from nouns (like dakkhinneyya). So, for
instance, Panini V.1.69, 70 prescribe -iiya and -ya in the sense of
'deserving that' for three specific nouns including dak.si.na. Hence
the rule has a functional justification in the system. Those attested
words need to be justified, and nouns require taddhita affixes.

But there doesn't seem to be a need for this rule for most of the
examples provided at Sd 775 (dassaniiya, vandaniiya, namassaniiya,
puujaniiya).  Since verb > abstract noun with ana > +iiya gives the
same formal result as stem + aniiya they could just as well be
derived using the main rule at Sd 1125:

1125 bhaave kamme ca tabbaaniiyaa (in the impersonal sense and in the
passive -tabba -aniiya)

So I'm wondering why Sadd includes words like vandaniiya at Sd 775,
and also how that list of examples is to be taken. Is it meant as an
exhaustive list of specific exceptions to 1125? Or are they just
meant as examples of a form that has been observed?

The examples appear to have to do with things that are reverenced or
are connected with ceremony in some way, or where the resulting
-aniiya word is often used as an epithet of the Buddha or arahants.
Could there be a dogmatic or pious consideration coming into play
here? Could it have to do with the form of the rule itself, that it
uses the term arahati (deserves) which elevates the status of words
generated by this rule?

best regards,

/Rett