Two Notes on Visuddhimagga IX

By Richard Gombrich

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Buddhaghosa is referring to the brahminical etymology

An obscure pun explained.

Published in 1988 in The Journal of the Pali Text Society by The Pali Text Society, Bristol.

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    title={{T}wo {N}otes on \textit{Visuddhimagga} {I}{X}},
    author={Richard Gombrich},
    publisher={The Pali Text Society},
    address={Bristol},
    year=1988,
    journal={The Journal of the Pali Text Society},
    volume=12,
    pages={169--171},
    keywords={pali-commentaries,vsm},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://archive.org/download/jpts-xii-1988/Two%20Notes%20on%20Visuddhimagga%20IX%20-%20Richard%20Gombrich_text.pdf}
}

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