Re: odd word of the day

Hi Rett, Ole, and others,

> Did you see this one?:

Yes, but didn't pay much attention as it is related to the
'vipariitataa' (alternation?) part of the sutta.

> samantapaasaadikaa iti eva > samantapaasaadikaa tv eva
>
> This is only one of several where /-i/ goes to /-v/. I would have a
lot of trouble if I came across that change in a text. I'd
automatically read tv as tu (however). I wonder if there's something
about the phonetic environment that encourages that particular
exchange there. >>

This and a few other examples are also found in Sd 49. I think this
kind of sandhi is questionable as 'tveva' (tu eva) is of rather common
occurrence in the Tipitaka as in 'sama.no tveva gotamo' (D I 129). I
spent some time yesterday investigating 'vilapatv eva so dijo' (Ja III
302) and I noticed that this example doesn't really belong in Sd 49 as
the rule applies only to 'iti eva' but here we have the verb
'vilapati' followed by 'eva'. Also, the PTS edition of the Jatakas has
the reading 'vilapi tveva' while the Thai Budsir version has
'vilapateva'. It doesn't seem that the Sd 49 itveva rule has a
counterpart in Kacc.

This makes me wonder if the Pali texts Aggava.msa had in front of him
were not quite the same as the ones Kaccaayana was familiar with. The
(i)tveva sandhi phenomenon could be a later development of Pali and
therefore unknown to Kaccaayana. It also appears that the
'vilapatveva' example was inserted by another hand at a later date as
I find it hard to believe that Aggava.msa himself would make such a
mistake.

Best wishes,
Jim

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