Hi Ole Pind:
Thank you for your clarification.
I like the following reading of yours since it doesn't sugest any involvement
of Agent or Self:
The causative indicates that the meditating monk lets his sati serve him
attentively (parimukha.m)
tadao
--- Ole Holten Pind <oleholtenpind@...> $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!'(B
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> Hi Tadao,
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> <I am sorry, but I have to ask you a very simple question:
> if marimukkh.m is a modifier of sati.m., then what would be your translation
> of the noun phrase, and what would it really mean?
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> Parimukha.m is an adverb to be construed with upa.t.thapetvaa. As I have
> suggested the term refers to the actions of a diligent attendant who watches
> his master around the clock, cf. the expression mukhullokaka/-ika. The
> causative indicates that the meditating monk lets his sati serve him
> attentively (parimukha.m)
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Tadao Miyamoto, Ph.D.
GSICS, Tohoku University
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