[Buddha-l] Eternalism

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Jayarava schreef:
> Hi Joanna
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> Your suggestion strikes me as plausible, but doesn't convince me that this is the history of the word. It reminds me of a Nirukta last resort etymology based on sound similarity. Is there a parallel consonant shift for example? Are there other uses of that stem? 
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> BTW śaś-vat would be a compound. It's a form of bahuvrihi. "Leap possessing".
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> The metaphor does seem to be recurrence, rather than everlasting. Again and again, rather than 'always on'.
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> I might see if I can find a Pāli commentarial gloss and see what they link it to. I suppose Sanskrit equivalents must exist but I have no idea where to start. I wonder what the Tibetan is... that often sheds light... any Tibetophiles in the house?
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> Cheers
> Jayarava
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Sorry to jump in, I didn't follow the whole thread. Has anyone thought 
of the root 'shaas' = to instruct, order, rule, command? This also is at 
the base of shaasanam=teaching. The meaning could come from the idea of 
unchanging truth, authority or meaning.


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Erik

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