Re: Question on Sabhiya sutta commentary

Hi Petra,


> evarūpena attanā bhavitabbaṃ means "One/I shall become one having such a
> form". For this type of construction see von Hinüber, Kasussyntax § 143.
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> I think that's a much neater reading.  I'd just been looking at Warder on
the reflexive pronominal use of attan, and Warder includes the example
"sucibhūtena attanā", "being pure himself" [or “having become pure
himself”], saying that "the instrumental usually has a simple
reflexive-intransitive sense: the agent acts, or is, himself by himself"
(p. 186).  This might have suggested a reading such as: "He himself/she
herself/I myself must/shall become/be of such a form".  Which seems fairly
close to what you have explained.  Thanks.

With metta,
Khristos


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