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af Nyanatusita
Sendt: 16. maj 2006 06:30
Til: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Emne: Re: SV: [palistudy] cetaapana/cetaapanna
Dear Ole,
Thanks.
<I thought the word cetaapanna/cetaapana is derived from the verb cetaapeti,
which according to PED is the ''Caus. of *cetati to *ci,* collect''. What
is the problem with this?>
The problem is that this explanation does not explain /t/. We would then
have to assume that the verb is derived from the pp. cita which is unlikely.
<Another question. Why is the numeral (compound form) ti doubled when found
medially in compounds, e.g, dvattipatta, ekatti.msa, dvatti.msa, baatti.msa,
etc. Is it because Pali ti corresponds to Sanskrit tri?>
Yes.
<However, the doubling doesn't always take place, e.g., atirekatirattam,
dirattatiratta, ekuunati.msa. Why is this so?>
My own explanation would be that the compilers of the Paatimokkha tried to
avoid excessive gemination which invariably would entail prosodical length
and thus would have rythmical implications>
In the case of dvatti, it could be explained by dvaa + ti > dvatti in
accordance with the law of Morae, but this can not be done with the other
examples.
<The form baatti.msa is in disagreement with the law of Morae. I could not
find any reading baati.msa on CSCD. Maybe other editions have this reading.>
The reading baat.msa(.m) appears to be exclusively Burmese. The references I
have checked read as one would expect batti.msa.
Best regards,
Ole Pind
Kind regards,
Bh. Nyanatusita
Ole Holten Pind wrote:
> Dear Bhante Nyanatusita,
>
> I have spent some time on this problem without reaching a conclusion
> about what might have motivated the difference of spelling. In
> addition, the word itself is a mystery from the point of view of its
> derivation. It certainly has no connection to ci nor to cit. The
> difference of spelling might have originated in an attempt to explain the
term as derived from ceta + aapanna.
> Ceta, however, is a problem in itself.
>
> Regards,
> Ole Pind
>
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