Re: pada

Dear Ole,

The meaning of the -bya~njana part in Mp-.t (see below) is given as
equivalent to 'pada.m' and there is no mention of any consonant or akkhara.
But interestingly the nibbacana of 'pada.m' is given as: pajjati ~naayati
attho etenaati pada.m (the meaning is known by it) while Kacc 1 states that
the meaning is correctly known by the letters (attho
akkharasa~n~naato). pajjati 'it goes?' doesn't seem to make any sense. What
would be the meaning in this context? pajjati is from the root 'pad' in the
divaadi class and has the root meaning of 'gatiya.m' (motion).

dunnikkhitta~nca padabya~njananti uppa.tipaa.tiyaa gahitapaa.lipadameva hi
atthassa bya~nja-nattaa bya~njananti vuccati. Ubhayameta.m paa.liyaava
naama.m. -- Mp II 117 ad A I 58

Pajjati ~naayati attho etenaati pada.m, attha.m bya~njayati pakaasetiiti
bya~njana.m, *padameva*. -- Mp-.t 2.26 (Be)

Best,
Jim

> Hello,
> The restricted use of pada in the Pali canon is interesting. Notice the
> compound pada-vya.njana. pada has the same meaning as in Sanskrit: it
> denotes any syntactical word and vya.njama like in Sanskrit any consonant
> (+ vowel).
> Regards,
> Ole Holten Pind