Re: vandite

Dear Ole,

Thank-you for this. I hadn't thought of the possibility of 'vandite' being
in the acc pl. The passage in which this 'vandite' occurs is:

vandite ca panaayasmataa mahaakassapena tehi ca pa~ncahi
bhikkhusatehi sayameva bhagavato citako pajjali. --- D II 164

and there is ". . . bhagavato paade sirasaa vandi.msu." in the previous
sentence.

But if you take 'vandite' with 'paade' both in the accusative plural, then
what is the usage of the accusative? Surely, it can't be the object of the
verb. It would make more sense if it were in the nom. pl.: 'And, moreover,
(the feet) venerated by the Ven. Mahaakassapa. . .'

Regarding the use of 'vandite' at Ja I 88, Sp V 1006 takes it as a loc.
sing. with 'bhagavati':  suddhodanamahaaraajena pana vandite bhagavati. . .
'but/and while the Blessed One was venerated by the Great King Suddhodana. .
." 'bhagavati' is not found at Ja I 88 but both passages have 'paade
vandaami' in the previous sentence.

Best wishes,
Jim

<< vandite is acc. pl. qualifying paade by implication. Take a look at D II
164 narrating the events just before the Buddha´s cremation. All other
examples involving vandite imitate this important text.>>

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