Re: a.d.da - not in PED, not in Cone's Dictionary

On 25 Mar 2006, at 7:57 am, Yuttadhammo wrote:

> atha ne pa.n.dito ''aha.m vo a.d.da.m dhammena vinicchinissaami,
> .thassatha me
> vinicchaye''ti pucchitvaa
>
> The problem word is a.d.da.m, as it doesn't appear in the PED, and I'm
> told it
> is also not in Cone's new dictionary.  I found at least one other use
> of the
> word in the canon in a compound with "kara.na", where it seems to mean
> "council"
> or "court" or "decision", but I can't figure out the derivation:

A.d.do is a common Burmese spelling of a.t.to, whose meaning is legal
case, lawsuit, or cause. From it comes the Thai "ad-ta" or "ad",
defined in the Royal Institute Dictionary as "khadii khwaam".

Best wishes,
Dhammanando