Dear Bh Nt,
Abhidharmako.sa has b.rhatphala. What bothers me is the fact that the Pali
canon has brahat for b.rhat.
Ole H. Pind
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From: "Nyanatusita" <nyanatusita@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Vehapphala
> Dear Ole,
>
> Yes, I agree that this is likely. According to MW, b.rhat is spelled as
> v.rhat in later language. Supposedly .r > i > e.
> Cp. vipulla and vepulla, etc.
> What form does the Abhidharmako.sa have?
> Regards,
> Bh Nt
>
>
>
> Ole Holten Pind wrote:
>> Dear bhante,
>>
>> I am at the moment uncertain about the phonology of vehap-phala that is
>> related to, if not derived from Sanskrit b.rhat-phala. As I see it, the
>> only
>> problem is the treatment of b.r > ve.
>> Abhidharmako.sa II 41 explains the cosmological context.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Ole Holten Pind
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>> From: "Nyanatusita" <nyanatusita@...>
>> To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 2:26 PM
>> Subject: [palistudy] Vehapphala
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>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to know the etymology of vehaa in vehapphala, the
>>> designation of a class of brahmaa gods whose plane is attained through
>>> developing the fourth jhaana. Perhaps vehaa is from the root vah, i.e.
>>> “carrying the fruit (of good kamma)”?
>>> Buddhaghosa's etymology at M-a I 35 is “vipulaa phalaati vehapphalaa” :
>>> “abundant fruit: vehapphalaa,” but I can't see a relation between veha
>>> and vipulaa.
>>> Is there a (Buddhist hybrid) Sanskrit equivalent?
>>> I assume that the word is vehaa because this would explain the doubling
>>> of the p of phala. Cp. ta.nhakkhaya/ta.nhaakhaya.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
>>>
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