Kc-va.n.n: intro. verse 1

namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammaasambuddhassa

kaccaayanava.n.nanaa

avisuddhassa janassa suddhisampaapaka.m jina.m |
mohassa dha.msaka.m dhamma.m natvaa sa"ngha.m nira"nga.na.m ||

Having bowed to the Conqueror who causes unpurified people
     to obtain purity;
To the Dhamma, destroyer of confusion; to the spotless Sangha;

1) "-sampaapaka.m" (who causes to obtain/attain/reach): I take this to
be a causal agent-noun (hetukattusaadhana) derived from sa.m + pa +
aap (dhaatu) + aka (suffix, Kc 641). I'm not sure if Pali grammar
allows it, but it seems to me that "avisuddhassa janassa" (unpurified
people) and "suddhi-" (purity) are objects of "-sampaapaka.m" as if
the latter functioned like the causative verb "sampaapeti" -- he
causes x to obtain/attain y. According to Kc 309 and Sadd I p. 6, the
genitive "avisuddhassa janassa" can function as an accusative object
of a causative verb but again I'm not sure if the same applies to a
causal agent-noun. An alternative interpretation could be "obtainer of
purity for unpurified people (dative)" but the problem I have with
this is that it implies that the Buddha hands over the purity instead
of showing them how to obtain it for themselves.

2) The full English title of  L. Tiwari's book is:
Kaccaayanavyaakara.na.m of Kaccaayana Mahaathera with the commentary
Kaccaayanava.n.nanaa by Mahaavijitaavii Thera [Vol. I]. It was
published in 1992 by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. The
text is in the Devanagari script.

3) The first introductory verse has a resemblance to the first of two
verses of the Nyaasa (Mmd):

buddha.m visuddhamavisuddhajanassa suddhi[-] |
sampaapaka.m sakalalokavimohakassa ||
mohassa dha.msakamapissa suvuttadhamma.m |
natvaana sa"nghamanaghuttamadakkhi.neyya.m ||  1  || (Mmd, p.1)

Best wishes,
Jim

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