yan (yaṃ) nūna (12402)

yan (yaṃ) nūna
Entry 12402, Page 444, Col. 2

(yan, yan (yaM) nUna)
yan (yaṃ) nūna¦, (before aham) also nūnam but in Mv nūnāhaṃ, rarely nūnaṃ (= Pali yan nūna, rarely nūnaṃ; cf. prec.), suppose now, with 1 sg. opt. or (rarely) indic.; acc. to PTSD, Pali yan nūna is or may be used in the mg. suppose rather, suggesting an alternative to some other course: once SP seems clearly to favor this; after yan nu…nirgamayeyaṃ SP 73.2--3, suppose I cause them to come out…, a tentative proposal, there follows: yan nūnam aham etān saṃcodayeyam 73.5, suppose rather…, with nūnam instead of nu; no other so clear case, but rather may, at least possibly, be meant in yaṃ nūna…SP 55.10 (vs), suppose (instead of entering nir- vāṇa) that I (reveal the Buddha-bodhi); 196.7 (vs); LV 393.2 (vs); also in yan nūnāhaṃ Mv i.35.1; 37.7; 54.12; 343.6; ii.117.18; but the mg. suppose rather seems hardly possible in yan nūnam aham…LV 258.21 (vs; verb here samārabhe, could be opt. or 1 sg. ind. mid.); nor in most of the following: yaṃ nūnaṃ Mv i.268.3; yan nūnāhaṃ i.51.7 (prose; verb is tiṣṭhehaṃ, see § 31.21, v.l. °eyaṃ), 14 (verb is sthātum icchāmi, pres. ind.); ii.118.5, 11 (in 11, if Senart's text is right, no verb! only dats. of nouns! since adhigami and sākṣākari in 12 seems clearly aorists, statements of fact, not dependent on yan nūnāhaṃ, which is foll. by etasyaiva dharmasya prāptaye sākṣātkriyāyai; which seems to complete the sentence); 124.9; with pres. indic. verb ii.149.21 (here rather is perh. possible for yan nūnāhaṃ). In Pali, besides opt., fut. indic. is recorded: Childers 603, top of 2d column; cf. tiṣṭhehaṃ Mv i.51.7, above.

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