Re: Kaccaayana: introductory verses (1)

Hi Bryan,

<< Is this the way a normal sutta works then?
1) short line summing up
2) longer explication
3) examples
? >>

That is typical of many suttas. 1)  is the sutta proper which is
usually very short. There are four kinds;  2) is the vutti (Skt.
v.rttiḥ); and 3) are called udāharaṇāni (examples). I'm not sure if
the examples are part of or separate from the vutti. I'm inclined to
think that they are separate.

At the beginning of the grammar is placed all the suttas without the
commentary and is called the Kaccāyanasuttaṃ. With the commentary it
is called the Kaccāyanavutti. The author of the suttas is not the
author of the vutti

<< I notice it doesn't account for the change of vowel from -i- > -ā-
(ohitvā > ohāya) or from -e- > -ī- (upanetivā > upanīya). Is that
according to another rule? >>

Other rules are involved. There are many other commentaries on
Kaccāyana and these contain many more parts than in the vutti
(Kacc-v). The next extant commentary in chronological order is the
Nyāsa or Mukhamattadīpanī (Mmd) of about the 11th cent. This is quite
an interesting and valuable work because it shows how the rules are to
be applied. Later today, I will post a sample from it on Kc 597 on the
derivation of abhivandiya. I erred yesterday when I said that it
derived from abhivanditvā. The substitution of ya for tūna, tvāna, and
tvā takes place before the āgama i is inserted. Ole told me offlist
that tūna not tuna is the correct reading and an example in the canon
is kātūna.

Best,
Jim