Re: The "Continuative Participle" mystery solved?

Rett,

  This is a good answer, but it begets more questions.

  The term "Pubbakriya" appears 3 times in the (maha-)Ruupa-siddhi, and twice
in the Vaakyamaalaava.  Either one could be Warder's source.

  "Pubbakriya" could indeed be a fitting term for the absolutive --I'm
interpreting the Pubba- as the same usage found in Pubba-kicca, etc.

  *However*, the Gerund is not the same as the absolutive; and if Warder
assigns it to the Gerund, this possibility should be investigated --although
it is possible that Warder was misusing the English word Gerund.  "Cooking"
is a gerund, but "Having cooked" is the absolutive; thus "Pubbakriya" would
describe the latter, i.e., something done in preparation --and the "kriya"
ending makes sense it is the verb (not the object) to which the
"preparation" relates as a predicate.

  I am almost proud to say that I do not own a copy of Warder's grammar:
Rett, could you just check to make sure that the endings he calls
"Pubbakriya" match up with the absolutive?

  I'll go take a look at Kaccayana's verse 566 this evening.

  FYI: Nyanamoli & Bodhi's _Glossary of Buddhist Techical Terms_ does *not*
include the term.  I do not now know of a lexical source that does.

  Thanks for your help,

Eisel.


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