Dear Petra,
Thank-you, 'prosperity' sounds good. I started thinking about what the term
dhammacakka might mean and it became obvious that I don't know much. I had
the idea that it represented the middle way or the noble eight-fold path but
now I'm not so sure. I'd like to do a bit of investigating into how the Pali
commentators define the term. I put "dhammacakkanti" into the CSCD 3 search
engine which resulted in showing that the string occurs 35 times in 18
books. I'll take a look at the instances and report back later with a
summary.
Jim
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From: "petra kieffer-Pülz" <kiepue@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Sv-n.t I 1-2 (introductory verse 10)
Dear Jim,
looking in the Sv-an.t I saw that abhivu.d.dhi is used in this text only
once. But we have other instances, and it may be translated as prosperity,
growth (so also in DOP). I think you are right in understanding cakka as
dhammacakka. In the first volume the author offers several definitions of
cakka, and most go to dhammacakkha. Thus it should be "for those longing for
the prosperity of the dhammacakka.
Best,
Petra
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