Re: Saddasattha

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:19:01 +0530, Nyanatusita wrote
> Dear members,
>
> Does anyone have an idea from which grammar is the following
> quotation found in the Vimuttimagga? "State (dhamma) has the same
> meaning as that of natural state, which is taught in the Treatise on
[WINDOWS-1252?]> Grammar (saddasattha).” Saddasattha was translated by Ehara
et al as
[WINDOWS-1252?]> “science of sound” but Lance rightly pointed out that it
means
[WINDOWS-1252?]> grammar. Could “saddasattha” also refer to a particular
work? The
> Chinese word can be singular as well as plural. The word saddasattha
> frequently occurs in commentarial Pali literature. The Vimuttimaggga
> is a text lost in the original language, probably Pali, but extant
> in a Chinese translation dating from around the second century and
[WINDOWS-1252?]> translated into English by Ehara, Kheminda and Soma as “The
Path of Freedom.”
> Similar quotations are found in
>
> Dhs-a 40: Dhamma-saddo sabhaavadhaara.naadiatthajotakattena.
> M-.t II 281 (Be): Sabhaavo ti pakati-attho hi aya.m dhammasaddo,
> jaatidhammaa jaraadhammaa ti aadiisu viya tasmaa.
>
> I could not find it in a grammatical work, but I did not search very
> well.
>
> Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
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Dear Nyanatusita,

saddasattha usually refers to Paninian grammar as I have shown in my
published articles. The quotations seem to presuppose grammatical
discussions concerning prak.rti. Kaa.sikaa on paa.n vi 1 115 glosses the
term as = svabhaava, which resurfaces in the quotation above as sabhaava. So
dhamma is what defines the essential nature (= prak.rti) of something.

Kind regards,

Ole Pind