U Thitzana's notes on Kacc 10

Dear Members,

As mentioned in my previous message, U Thitzana gave some help on Kacc
10. He jotted down some notes which I have reproduced below. I wanted him to
explain the meaning of the term 'adho.thita.m' in the sutta. I'm afraid I'm
not satisfied with the explanation and I will need to ask him some further
questions. But it is apparent from the notes below that what is 'placed down
under' is the vowel. This suggests to me that the elided vowel is not
actually elided but covered over or hidden by one of the coalescing vowels.
This reminds me of the explanation given at Sd 28 with the likeness of the
hidden vowel to the blade of a knife in its sheath. The main problem I have
is that I think 'adho.thita.m' in Kacc 10 is describing a consonant, not a
vowel. Anyway, here are his notes [comments in square brackets mine]:

pubbam = previous
adho.thitam = placed down under
assara.m = having done without vowel
sarena = from sara (vowel)
viyojaye = should detach, be separated

Contraction: sova = so + eva (he + only)
Expansion: so + eva
Recontraction: so + /eva [the -o and e- are both double-underlined] = sova

Contraction: yassindriyaani
Expansion: yassa + indriyaani [the final -a of yassa is double underlined
which he notes:] "located down under"
To recontract =
   (1) Remove 'a' from 'ss' [-ssa]
   (2) Then attach 'ss' to 'in'
It becomes contracted 'yassindriyaani'

Best wishes,
Jim

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