Dear colleagues, In the 2500-line Prajñapāramitā i find expressions such as:
nâtra kiMcid vidhyate nâvidhyate, “here nothing is penetrated nor unpenetrated”. So far as I can determine, in avidhyate the initial a can only be taken as privative. Is this uniquely a peculiar Buddhist usage? thank you for your thoughts, Matthew Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/ https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1 https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949 Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS.
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