Re: atthesu

Greetings,

>
>>  Hence: puujayat + tta (with ellision of the superflous t)? This is
>>  just a guess, of course.
>
>A 'puujaniiyapuujayataaya' (with a fem. 'taa' suffix) comes
>immediately after in the next clause. Would 'puujayat + taa' in Skt.
>be 'puujayataa'?

No it wouldn't, afaik. This is interesting. It looks as the the
author is putting abstract noun suffixes directly onto a verb stem:
puujaya- + -tta, -taa.

I think I'll need to wait until you publish the whole passage to
venture a guess.

>
>For the past week, I've been working on another project of mine that
>pertains to promoting interest in the study of Pali in Canada. I have
>recently been in touch with the founder of Nalanda College in Toronto
>and he has offered to work with me on my idea of forming a national
>association of Canadians interested in Pali. ... If
>all goes well, centres of Pali learning will be springing up all over
>the country in no time. :-)

Sounds great. I believe many people need to feel that their studies
are leading somewhere beyond just reading privately. If study groups
spring up it could motivate new beginners to start studying Pali, and
those who have started to continue. I hope this works out.

best regards,

/Rett