Re: Pa~ncamii and sattamii according to the Saddaniiti

>I'm afraid there is no paragraph numbering in the BBF
>edition of the Padamaala, and I don't have the H. Smith
>edition. However, the passage comes three paragraphs from
>the end of the Paki.n.nakavinicchaya.

Thank you, Bhante, for posting that quotation from Sadd which I was
unaware of.  It was also interesting to see that it's part of a
section explaining the origins of all the tense/mood endings, not
just 5mi and 7mi. As you may know, Jim and I have been trying to
outline the contents of the Saddaniiti, and especially the
Padamaalaa. The large-scale divisions are not so problematic, but
within the chapters there is very much material that isn't always
easy to survey (at least not for me). Now we've got another piece of
the mosaic.

In H. Smith's edition, this section starts on page 58, line 16, and
continues to page 59, line 18. It concludes and titles itself:

aya.m vattamaanaadiina.m vacanatthavibhaavanaa.

This is the exposition of the meanings of the expressions (for) the
present tense etc.

best regards

/Rett