more on vada / vadin

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 03:32 PM 2/9/98 -0500, Jonathan Silk wrote:
>        Do not these uses suggest that -vada here means followers? (And
>perhaps the term sarvastivada should be a bahuvrihi?!)
>

But the plural can also refer to different flavours or sects of
sarvAstivAda. I think full sentences should be analysed paying
respect to context before drawing conclusions.

regards,

sarma.