Re: abhikkamosānaṃ

Dear Dmytro,

Yes, thank you. That is it. The solution was very simple all along. 

With metta,

Bhikkhu Bodhi

 

Dear Bhante,

In translating SN, I simply followed the sense: "... their increase, not their subsiding, is to be discerned." The Chinese translators of the Agamas translate in a similar way.

Taking in account the explanation:

paṭikkamosānanti paṭikkamo etāsaṃ.

from SN-a 3, 1. khandhasaṃyuttaṃ, 9. theravaggo, 5. vakkalisuttavaṇṇanā, para. 1

I wonder if the compound is paṭikkamo+esānaṃ

Mettena cittena,

                         Dmytro

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