Re: Kāmañcettha pahānavinayena vinayo na sambhavati

Suvatthi Lance!

If you render pariyāyena as '(way of) exposition', then how would you
render nippariyāyena?

Dhammagaaravena,
Esako
On 26 Jul 2013 18:34, "Bhikkhu Bodhi" <venbodhi@...> wrote:

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> Dear Lance,
>
> Your rendering is better than "figuratively," which is just a makeshift
> that I made use of.
>
> With metta,
> Bhikkhu Bodhi
>
> On 7/26/2013 2:16 AM, L.S. Cousins wrote:
> >
> > Dear Ven. Bodhi and Petra,
> >
> > I also had some reservations about rendering pariyāyena as
> > 'figuratively'. I tend to understand it in most contexts as '(way of)
> > exposition' i.e. it represents a particular way of explaining dhamma on
> > a particular occasion for a particular reason. This tends to arise in
> > the abhidhamma context especially where nippariyāya- refers to
> > abhidhamma teaching.
> >
> > Of course, 'figuratively' does give a rather straightforward rendering
> > in clear English that is sometimes appropriate, but it may introduce an
> > implication that something is not literally true. I don't think that is
> > intended.
> >
> > Lance Cousins
> >
> >
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