Re: Dhp 39

Hi Bryan,

Udaanavarga 28.6 has 'anavasrutacittasya' which is the Sanskrit
equivalent of 'anavassutacittassa' at Dhp 39a. The reading of
'anapraa"srayamaa.nassa' at Patna Dhp 347 seems corrupt to me.
Interestingly, in the DOP I entry for 'avassuta', Cone seems to
suggest ava + aa + ssuta as a possible derivation with the addition of
the prefix 'aa' which disappears in shortening before a double
consonant. So, in the Patna reading, could it be that -praa-is -pra-
+ -aa-? I disagree with Norman's translation 'whose thought is
untroubled'. I would prefer 'whose thought is untainted (by lust or
desire)' which is in keeping with the Dhp-a I 309 gloss: 'raagena
atintacittassa' (whose thought is unmoistened by lust).

Best wishes,
Jim

<< Paali has anavassuta which presumably comes from an+ ava+ sru which
means "not leaking" or "not flowing out". Patna Dhp has a different
word anapraa"sraya- which presumably is from ana ("breath") +pra"sraya
"resting on" (with the long aa for the metre, to avoid two short 2nd
and 3rd syllables in a row which is not allowed in the "sloka metre),
meaning, " resting on the breath". Or it is just a mistaken
back-formation from Pkt. an+ava- with the same root "sru? PDhp also
has -maa.nassa (present participle) instead of -cittassa.

Which is correct? Both are feasible - "a mind untroubled" in Paali and
"resting on the breath" in Buddhist Sanskrit. I don't know.
anapra"sraya in Skt could change to anavassaya in Pkt, but there is
still the change from -aya > -uta- to account for and if the PDhp
redactor had anavassaya or anavassuya as his exemplar, why change it
to anapra- when anava- fits the context better?  >>