Re: Avyaya: Problem Particles

Dear Ole,

Welcome, and thanks for your response.

<< I think I collected all relevant passages when I wrote the kaama.m
entry for the CPD. You might wish to have a look at that. >>

I would if I had access to that fascicle. I only have Vols. I & II
(the vowels). I'll take this as an incentive to get the fascicles of
Vol. III. What's the latest fascicle to be published? Is Munksgaard in
Copenhagen still the agent for me to order from?

<< Bhaavanapu.msaka has always puzzled me. There is no doubt in my
mind that it denotes a neuter nominal (noun or adjective) qualifying a
verbal action (bhaava). I suppose that indigenous grammarians
interpreted adverbs of this kind as entailing neither masculinity nor
femininity and therefore looked upon them as belonging to the category
of neuter nominals, although strictly speaking at least some of them
are m. acc. like kaama.m. Kacc visesane ca (294 in my forthcoming
edition) presupposes Kaatantra II 4:32 vis.es.a.ne ca that replaces
Paa.n II 3:21: itthambhuutalak.sa.ne, the grammatical implications are
the same, though. >>

This is helpful and thanks for the Paa.n II 3:21 reference. A problem
comes up in Sadd as it has both the bhaavanapu.msaka and
itthambhuutalakkha.na rule. This suggests redundancy of one of them or
that there is some subtle distinction between the two. I also noticed
that the Vaartika on II 3:18 includes the same group of words
beginning with prak.rti found in Sd 604 (visesane pakatiaadisu ca).

In your _Studies in the Pali Grammarians_ Parts I & II, will II.2 ever
get published in JPTS? A long time has elapsed since II.1 appeared in
1990. Another question: do you know if the Jinendrabuddhi of the
Nyaasa on the Kaa"sikaav.rtti the same author who wrote a .tiikaa on
Dignaaga?

Best wishes,
Jim

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