Dear Khristos,
Thank-you for sharing this with us. It is good to know that "so'ham
asmi iti" occurs in the B.rhadāraṇyaka Upani.sad which I believe
predates the Buddhavacana. There isn't much more for me to say except
that. "-kaara" is found as a suffix in the traditional Pali grammars
and I have also seen "kumbhakaaro" given as an example for another
suffix (.na?).
Best wishes,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Khristos Nizamis" <nizamisk@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Re: 'Neta.m mama'
Dear Jim, Bryan, Lennart, and other friends: I’m keen to share this
with you, I think you’ll find it quite interesting. Here is the first
half of B.rhadāraṇyaka Upani.sad, I.iv.1. I’ve transliterated both
the sandhi and the sandhi-free versions and I’ve provided my own –
what I hope is a fairly literal and reasonably correct – translation.
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