Re: Kacc 271

Dear Ole,

<< The geminated /yy/ is somewhat of a problem, which is never
addressed. One would have expected the form sethaa. I assume that the
gemination is for emphasis in sentence initial position in prose. The
gemination would make the /e/ short as is commonly the case of vowels before
geminate consonants in the canon. >>

Didn't you mean to write "seyathaa" instead of "sethaa"? I think Kacc 28
(paradvebhaavo .thaane) can account for the doubling of the /y/. See also
Ruup 40 with the examples: seyyo, jeyyo. Thanks for pointing out
Buddhaghosa's comments on "seyyathiida.m". I can now accept ta.myathaa as
one word.

Best wishes,
Jim

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