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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उः ५
A. 183. 27 forms. And that too of wrong faith. In mixed faith, 80 forms.119
Q. 184. Bhante! Are these (denigens, etc,) in possession of knowledge ? Are they without knowledge ?
A. 184. Gautama! (Both) in possession of knowledge and without knowledge. Those with knowledge have, as a rule, three types of knowiedge, and those who are without knowledge have three corresponding ignorances120.
Q. 185. Bhante! Are these (i.e., the denigens of the Ratnaprabhā hell), who have knowledge derived from sense perception, in possession (of anger, etc.) ?
A. 185. Gautama! 27 forms, with three types of knowledge, and also with three (corresponding) types of ignorance, are to be stated121.
Q. 186. Bhante ! These (as aforesaid)--are they in possession of activities of mind, of speech, of body ?
A. 186. All the three122.
Q. 187. Bhante! These (as aforesaid) with activities of mind-are they in possession of anger ?
A. 187. 27 forms, and so of those with activities of speech, and of body.
Q. 188. Bhante ! These (as aforesaid), are they endowed with detailed cognition, or with cursory cognition ?
A. 188. Gautama! Both with detailed with cursory cognition.
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Q. 189. Bhante! These (as aforesaid) endowed detailed cognition-are they in possession of anger ?
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