Notes
According to Dr. Yamanaka (Feb 2021), Noteworthy is that the ‘sandhi’-form “yvā” < yo a, yvā < yo
a seldom occurs, but, as above, Buddhaghosa registers this sandhi in his
commentary. This could be very older reading, although the initial
“yv-” looks like “not-Pali.” And thus we should be careful
to discuss sāgata /svāgata problem. We do not have enough evidence to decide
which one is older. Regarding sāgata /svāgata problem, we either follow the
major reading or Sinhalese tradition, if we do not have any other convincing
evidence or reason.yvāyaṃ akkhāto brāhmaṇena (Sv (Ee) II 400,14)
yvāyan ti yo ayaṃ (=Be)
- Ven. Rathanathissa (Feb 2021) pointed out that all manuscripts and printed editons read ‘svāgata’ in SN I para. 175. On the top of that, all editions of the commentary also support ‘svāgata.’
Cr. Dr. Yamanaka, Ven. Rathanathissa