vinayo ca susikkhito

From: Bhikkhu Bodhi
Message: 4460
Date: 2015-11-14

Dear Pali Friends,

The Mangala Sutta contains the line: vinayo ca susikkhito. The cases strike me as discordant. On the basis of the meaning, I would expect to see vinaye ca susikkhito, “being well trained in discipline.” It is the person (indicated by the nominative) that is well trained, and the discipline in which one is trained.

Could the verse have been originally composed in an Eastern dialect that had the masculine nominative singular ending in 'e', so that, when it was transposed into Pāli, both 'e' terminations were turned into 'o', though the locative vinaye should have been preserved? Can anyone comment on this?

Thank you in advance.

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