[Buddha-l] Sanskrit puzzle

Jayarava jayarava at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 13 10:46:56 MST 2009


--- On Fri, 13/2/09, Richard Nance <richard.nance at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Homage to all the Tathāgatas of the three times."

Hi Richard

That would fit the context. I wonder if you could break down the word tryadhvikānāṃ for me. I see tri- becoming try- by sandhi, and the genitive plural ending -āṃ. Adhvan would be "time" but how do we get to adhvikān?

Thanks
Jayarava



      



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