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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 5 Ch. 2
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A. 32. Gautama ! Moist, etc., winds come into existence when air-bodies transform themselves.
Q. 33. Bhante ! Do moist, etc., winds exist ?
A. 33. Yes, they do.
___Q. 34. Bhante ! existence ?
When do moist, etc. winds come into
A. 34. Gautama ! Moist etc., winds come into existence when Vāyukumāra gods and goddesses bring forth air-bodies for themselves, for others or for boths.
Q. 35. Bhante ! Do air-bodies inhale air-bodies in their respirations in, and exhale (air-bodies) in their respirations out ?
A. 35. On this, refer to Chapter on Skandaka Parivrājaka with four considerations as follows : die several hundredthousand times, die by being touched, die (without body ), and die with body'.
[ on grains, pulses and wine ]
प्रश्न ३६-अह भंते ! उदण्णे कुम्मासे सुरा एए णं किं सरीरा त्ति वत्तव्वं सिया?
उत्तर ३६-गोयमा ! उदण्णे कुम्मासे सुराए य जे धणे दव्वे एए णं पुव्वभावपण्णवणं पडुच्च वणस्सइजीवसरीरा तओ पच्छा सत्थाईआ सत्थपरिणामिया अगणिज्झामिया अगणिभूसिया अगणिसेविया अगणिपरिणामिया अगणिजीवसरीरा ति वत्तव्वं सिया सुराए य जे दवे दवे एए णं पुन्वभावपण्णवणं पडुच्च आउजीवसरीरा तओ पच्छा सत्थाईया जाव...अगणिकायसरीरा इ वत्तव्वं सिया।
Q.36. Bhante! To what category of beings do the bodies of rice, kulmāsa (a pulse popularly called udad or kalai ) and wine belong ?
