Etymon: paTTaN, pattan, patan

[Miroslav Rozehnal]

One of major Buddhist pilgrimage places is today's Sarnath which was
"back then" called Isipatana.
Now, some derive this "patana" from pat-, thus the meaning would be (isi
is of course r.si) "falling of sages" - which sounds funny.
Other explanation is again Skt. patna etc.


Miroslav Rozehnal
Center for Buddhist Studies
National Taiwan University
Taipei
Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: m63051 at mtc.ntnu.edu.tw
see: http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/e-cbs.htm