compound pali words: future pali students reading my translations, you're welcome!

This is one small example of the long compound words that you run into reading in romanized pali:

(from Vism. breath meditation chapter)

ānāpānassatikammaṭṭhānaṃ garukaṃ garukabhāvanaṃ
buddhapaccekabuddhabuddhaputtānaṃ mahāpurisānaṃyeva manasikārabhūmibhūtaṃ

Looks like random letter nonsense doesn't it?

Fortunately for you, in much of my translations I go through hyphenating and de-compounding those monstrosities.

idaṃ pana ānā-pāna-s-sati-kamma-ṭ-ṭhānaṃ garukaṃ garuka-bhāvanaṃ

but this inhale-exhale-remembrance-meditation-subject (is) difficult, difficult-(to)-develop

buddha-pacc-eka-buddha-buddha-puttānaṃ mahā-purisānaṃ-yeva manasi-kāra-bhūmi-bhūtaṃ,

(in which only) {the minds of} buddhas, pacc-eka buddhas, Buddha's sons, and great-people are at home.

Some tips for pali students:

eka = one: pacc-eka-buddha is a solitary (one) buddha

putta = son. sari-putta = son of Sari (his mom).

kamma = work, action, kamma-tthanam = "meditation subject"

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