Re: Niruttisaarama~njuusaa.tiikaa

Dear Ole,

I found the following in Ruup-.t:

yathaahaati cuulaniruttiva.n.nanaaya.m ma~njuusaaya.m.

This Ma~njuusaa (possibly Niruttima~njuusaa) is a much older work than the
Niruttisaarama~njuusaa.

I have the first three pages of the Niruttisaarama~njuusaa.tiikaa typed out
and will send to you after some further proofreading. The third and final
introductory verse on p. 1 is:

saṃvaṇṇanā garuvarehi pakāsitā yā |
nyāsassa sāsnayatinaṃ mativaḍḍhanāca ||
āyācito yativarehi hitāya tasmā |
saṃvaṇṇanaṃ mativaḍḍhanamārabhissanti ||     ||

"sāsnayatinaṃ" is peculiar. I take saasna- to refer to saasana-.

The text is definitely related to the Nyaasa in some way. I have to see more
pages in order to determine what that relationship is.

Best wishes,
Jim

> It would be interesting to investigate if Niruttisaarama~njuusaa is
> related
> to Ma~njuusaa that is quoted several times in Ruupasiddhi and identified
> in
> Ruupasiddhi-.tiikaa. Some of the verses are lifted from Vaakyapadiiya and
> converted into Pali.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ole