Dear Petra,
I received the following interesting remark to add to the discussion from Ma
Vajira offlist:
<< The sense of "capable of analysis" comes from the literal meaning of
vibhaaga, which is something which can be analyzed or divided. In practice
this means "division" or "section." (I would have to check a Pali-English
dictionary to be sure, but this is how I understand the word from the
Burmese). The passage from the Tika starts out by saying that "a clear
explanation of something having sections exists only by virtue of showing
its sections, therefore he said..." At least this is how I understand it.
>>
Ma Vajira is an American Buddhist nun in Yangon who teaches Burmese nuns and
is the only Westerner to have passed the Dhammacariya exams in Myanmar.
Best wishes,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "petra kieffer-Pülz" <kiepue@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Sv I 2 with two .tiikaas (1)
Dear Jim,
since I did not know what they took as a base for "capable of" I did
not take it over in my translation. I do not think that there is some
base for it in Paa.ninian suutras. Ole Pind (Kacc 370, which
corresponds to your 368) refers to Pa.n V 2.95 which also does not
include it.
Best,
Petra