okaasa

As Eisel mentions okaasa is a somewhat peculiar technical term used in
Kaccaayana's Pali grammar to denote the locative. I did not go into great
detail with the origin of the term. However, I mention in my Survey one of
the possible sources. In fact, the use of okaasa in the canon to denote
place, location etc. is well attested. Quite a few examples are mentioned in
A Critical Pali Dictionary sub voce okaasa (I cannot remember if I wrote the
entry myself). This usage is peculiar to the canon and the a.t.thakathas,
and as I assume its use in Kacc instead of the expected bhumma that is well
known from the commentarial lit. is motivated by a widespread tendency to
adopt a grammatical case terminology that has canonical antecedents.

Regards,
Ole Pind


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