Re: Saddaniti aadesa

Dear Bh. Nyanatusita,

> I have a few questions regarding this.
>
> 1. Are there any substitution ''rules'' in the Kaccaayana?

Yes, there certainly are. These kinds of rules are quite numerous in
the traditional Sanskrit and Pali grammars. Not only are there rules
for the substitution of letters but also for morphemes and words, e.g.
sa is the substitute of pasattha before iya and i.t.tha. This gives us
seyya and se.t.tha.

> 2. Are Aggava.msa's aadesas obligatory rules? Or are they just
> possibilities, i.e., variant forms, which he mentions?

I don't know enough to give you a definitive answer except to say that
some of the rules appear to be obligatory. In reading the gloss for
the two rules I cited, the substitution is optional. But in Sd 80 'bo
vassa' (also in Kaccaayana) as in 'nibbaana.m' one might assume that
it is obligatory since one never sees 'nivvaana.m' or 'nirvaa.na.m' in
a Pali text. But, for all we know, nivvaana.m may once have been
normal in Pali with nibbaana.m as an optional alternative.

I will have to defer attempting to answer your other questions since
there isn't much time left to do the research. I'll be away for a week
starting Tuesday morning and will be meeting Eisel in Toronto this
Thursday.

Best wishes,
Jim


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com