Re: Dual or Vinaya Idiom?

Dear Bh. Nyanatusita,

> It might be of interest to check the Muulasarvastivaadin
> Pravaara.naa karmavaacaa and see whether there is a
> distinction in their Vinaya too. I don't have the edition of their
> Vinaya though.

I'm not sure if the following is the text you're interested in
checking. I have Vol. II of the Muulasarvaastavaada-vinayavastu in the
Devanagari script (Buddhist Sanskrit Text Series, Vol. 16). In it,
there is a chapter called 'Pravaara.navastu' (pp. 133-9) but it
appears to me that this is only an extant portion of a larger chapter
as it begins and ends with (. . . . .). I looked through this short
chapter but couldn't see anything resembling the Pali passage in
question. The forms for 'aayu.smant-' I can see are: aayu.sman,
aayu.smanto, aayu.smanta.h, and aayu.smataam. The text would have to
be studied more closely to be sure if any of the first three functions
as a vocative and I'm not too familiar with the language. The regular
Sanskrit vocatives are: aayu.sman (sg.), aayu.smantau (dual),
aayu.smanta.h (pl.).

Best wishes,
Jim

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