Re: Trans. & Philosophy of SN-1:18:5 [Ko.t.thita Sutta]

L.C.,

As the actual writ of the text is now in question, I would draw your
attention back to your comment of Aug. 27th:

"I read two occurrences of na."

Could you confirm this?  As you know, I took some time to make it
clear precisely where I was discussing the fact problem (viz., 1 /na/
vs. 2), and I reproduce the "table" (so to speak) here:

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(i)
saññojanaŋ, kāyo phoṭṭhabbānaŋ saññojanaŋ
phoṭṭhabbā kāyassa saññojanaŋ
(ii)
saññojanaŋ, kāyo phoṭṭhabbānaŋ saññojanaŋ
NA phoṭṭhabbā kāyassa saññojanaŋ
(iii)
[Metaphor of the oxen, already discussed]
(iv)
NA saññojanaŋ, kāyo phoṭṭhabbānaŋ saññojanaŋ
NA phoṭṭhabbā kāyassa saññojanaŋ
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Thus, under what I've called section (ii), there is only one "na", but
I am not saying this about (iv).

Are you saying that the PTS has two "na" in precisely this part of the
text, viz., section (ii)?

E.M.