Re: viyoga (Kc 10)

Dear Ole,

I agree that "adho.thita" means "standing below" but not in the manner you
have suggested. I wish I could quote some glosses on this term from
Kacc-va.n.n and Kaccaayanatthadiipanii but both books are out of my reach
this week. I think I'd better wait until next week before saying much more.

Jim

<< I think that Kacc-v understands the meaning of adho.tha "standing below"
in
the manner I suggested, because it describes the vowel separated from the
consonant as put above (upari) the consonant i.e. the consonant cluster, and
the following sutta states that when possible (yutte) it is to be combined
with the following vowel, in the present case a+a > aa is written on top of
the consonantal ligature. The same practice is presupposed by Vararuci who
is credited with a small prakrit grammar, see Prak.rtaprakaa.sa III.1-2.
Sénart who translated Kacc did not understand the meaning of the term
adho.tha and Cowell was evidently uncertain about how to interpret the term
adho < Sanskrit adhas "below" of his source. >>

Ole >>