General Guidelines for Formal Interpretations

Primary Derivatives as Commented Units

• 1. When an inactive object not mentioned with a commented primary derivative is in- serted into its comment unit, the subjective suffixal case is usually indicated.

Ex. labhitoti cīvaraṃ labhito

• 2. When an inactive subject not mentioned with a commented primary derivative is inserted into its comment unit, the objective suffixal case is usually indicated.

Ex. labhitoti bhikkhunā labhito

• 3. When a primary derivative is commented using the words such as yutta, anuccha- vika (suitable, proper), arahati (should be, deserves to be, be worthy of), sakkā (possible, capable), the objective suffixal case is usually indicated.

Ex. karaṇīyanti karituṃ yuttaṃ

• 4. When a primary derivative unit is commented

1.with its abstractive derivative 2. with another primary derivative with the suffix ana or, 3.by compounding it with the stem bhāva, or, ākāra --- the verbal suffixal case is usually indicated.

Ex. labhitoti labhitatā / labhanaṃ / labhitabhāvo / labhitākāro

• 5. If the suffixal case of a commented primary derivative is not obvious, yet if it is commented using the abstract derivative of another having an unmistakable subjective or objective suffixal case, or by compounding the same with the stem - bhāva, then it indi- cates that the commented unit has the corresponding suffixal case and that its content must be taken in the abstract sense.

Ex. gamananti gacchantatā / gacchantattaṃ / gacchantabhāvo gamanaṃ - the state of the one who goes (the abstract sense of a primary derivative with subjective suffixal case)