Etymologically, the Tibetan word for “etcetera” seems to mean
“added to” or “accumulated on” or “heaped upon,” that is, “x la sogs pa” means “heaped upon x.” See
also the dGe chos ’gsung ’bum (vol.
5, p. 80): de la sogs pa = de la gsog pa bsdus pa. Obviously meant
as de la gsog or de la bsdus pa (“gathered therein” or “collected therein.” Izumi
Miyazaki points out the possibility of “x las
sogs pa” (with ablative), as found in archaic materials, in which case it
would mean “accumulating from x.” See the
brDa dkrol gser gyi me long (s.vv. la
rtsogs pa & las stsogs pa).
For a long discussion, see Tshe-tan-zhabs-drung, Thon mi’i zhal lung (pp. 154–158).
la sogs pa - "to be grouped together with..." (=of the same category as)?
ReplyDeletelas sogs pa -- evtl. falsche Modernisierung von "la stsogs pa" (la s tsogs pa)?
Achim
Dear Achim,
ReplyDeleteThe first suggestion is agreeable. The second, however, is not. In fact it is in the archaic sources (e.g. Dunhuang materials) that abound in las stsogs pa. See, for instance: http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/search/kwic.cgi
D.