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(by Max)

 

The concept of pa.ticca is important for many reasons, most

notably, of course, for the 'causal chain/dependent arising',

the pa.ticca-samuppaada.

The PTS dict says:

"pa.ticca - [ger. of pacceti, pa.ti+i; cp Sanskrit pratiitya]

grounded on, on account of, concerning, because (with acc.)..."

Let us look at pa.ti: "(PTS: [...] directional _prefix_ in well-

defined meaning of back (to), against, towards, ..."

pa.ticca literally means 'having gone back' and applies to the

contemplation of the sequence of the appearance of phenomena.

It is a gerund (pubbakiriyaa). AK Warder explains in his

'Introduction to Pali', page 48:

Gerund

The gerund (pubbakiriyaa), an indeclinable participle, is

used to express an action preceding (pubba) the action of the

main verb of a sentence...

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