Dear Jim,
I will be in London next week at the IABS conference. Will
you be there?
Best,
justin
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:13:20 -0400
>From: "Jim Anderson" <jimanderson_on@...>
>Subject: Re: [palistudy] Kc-va.n.n: intro. verse 1
>To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
>
>Dear Ole,
>
>Thanks for your response in agreement with my
interpretation. There
>are still 3 more verses to post. I'll be focussing
primarily on
>Kaccaayana's 2 introductory verses with the commentaries
from the
>Nyaasa, Suttaniddesa, and the Kaccaayana-va.n.nanaa. There
are some
>introductory material to work through in the commentaries
first before
>getting to the actual words of Kaccaayana (se.t.tha.m
>tilokamahita.m...etc.).
>
>With appreciation,
>Jim
>
>> 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.
>>
>> This is definitely the correct interpretation. Examples
could be
>cited from
>> at.t.hakathaas and t.iikas. sampaapaka.m is as your
explanation
>presupposes
>> di-valent and therefore constructed with
two "accusatives" like
>other
>> nominals based upon the causative stem. Of course,
Paa.ninian
>grammar as
>> well as Kaccaayana supports your analysis.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ole
>>
>> PS I am a bit slow because I have broken my left arm, and
I have to
>peck > like a chicken at the keyboard.
>
>
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