bodhi once again

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 07:01 PM 12/3/97 +0100, you wrote:
>John, I found another reference in this matter. If you look up Macdonell's
>Vedic Grammar for Students (which I suppose you have) on page 172, you will
>see a footnote referring to bo-dhi: "Formed from both bhuu be (for bhuu-dhi)
>and budh awake (for bod-dhi instead of bud-dhi). Compare yo-dhi for yud-dhi
>through yod-dhi.
>
>I am sorry that I started dashing off my speculations. Witzel was right - we
>shouldn't press the reply-button without thinking twice!
>
>Lars Martin
>
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Whitney in his "Roots, Verb-forms and Primary Derivatives" also lists `bodhi'
under bhU and budh. See pages 106 and 113. I guess what I have is first
edition.

regards,

sarma.