Re: Sv I 2 with two .tiikaas (1)
From: Jim Anderson
Message: 3110
Date: 2010-10-27
A correction:
Sorry, I should have written 'vantu' instead of 'mantu' and referenced Kc
368 (gu.naadito vantu) instead of Kc 369. The meanings are the same for
both.
Jim
> Thanks for your take on "taava" in "pa.thama.m taava". I find
> Wijeratne/Gethin's translation of "capable of analysis" for
> vibhaagavantaana.m interesting but I don't see "capable of" as a meaning
> given for the taddhita suffix 'mantu' which usually carry the meanings of
> 'tadasssatthi' or 'tasmi.m vijjati'. See the vutti for Kc 369 (satyaadiihi
> mantu). Perhaps there is something in the Paa.ninian suutras that includes
> the additional meaning of "capable of".