[Buddha-l] 9. Attadiipaa Sutta (Joy Vriens)

[Mitchell Ginsberg]

hello Joy and all, 
The Pali diipa can mean, as you point out, either island or lamp (source of light). 
The Sanskrit has two different words that would each/both correspond to diipa in Pali: dviipa and diipa. 
The first is said to derive from the root dviipa meaning two waters (dvi = 2 + ap/aapas), and hence island, while the second is associated with the root dii/diip (dviipyate), shine, hence, a lamp. 
Or so it is said by some. 
Now, how the phrase shows up in different Sanskrit texts is perhaps the next question. 
Mitchell 
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