[Buddha-l] "Western Self, Asian Other"

[Dan Lusthaus]

> Wrong Richard, I know -- and it's been a while since I've perused the
> book -- but as I recall, the compound is being read as a bahuvrIhi.
> Cf. the relevant vocative:

Any Richard will do. Thanks for piping in. Two questions: Who says mani 
padme has to be read as a compound [it is a mantra, after all]? If it must 
be a compound, what recommends it be read as a bahuvrihi instead of a 
tatpurusa?

Still unconvinced,
Dan