RE: Interrogative pronoun at end of sentence

Dear Lance,

An electronic version of this thesis does not appear to be available through Oxford e-thesis: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270053. Do you know otherwise?

Best wishes
Mark Allon

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Dear Ven. Nyanatusita,

But we don't have examples of this usage from the Pali commentaries, only for the ṭīkā period onwards.

On the placing of words at the beginning of the sentence in order to emphasize them, see: Bodhiprasiddhinand, P. (2003). /Word order in early Pāli prose texts/, Oxford. D.Phil.

As I read the Majjhimanikāya with students, I find many examples of this practice. In this particular case, the numbers are being deliberately emphasized; so the usage is completely appropriate. One could also punctuate differently as Petra suggested, but I do not feel comfortable with a sentence consisting of ekaṃ nāma only.

Lance