Re: Paali question

Dear Jim,

>Instead of "in my/their own dialect. has> anyone considered "in its (the
>buddhavacana) own dialect"?

You raise a question that unfortunately has never been addressed. I think
that sakaaya niruttiyaa means in his, namely the Buddha´s, own words or
language. In the following Vinaya phrase the Buddha is portrayed as
ordaining or advising to learn buddhavacana sakaaya niruttiyaa, which only
makes sense if sakaaya niruttiyaa refers to the Buddha´s words. A late
commentator understands it in the same way, adding that niruttiyaa means in
maagadhii, which is an old tradition about the language of the Buddha, going
back to the time before the early commentators. It is incorrrect, though.

Best wishes,
Ole