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A. 180. Gautama ! As aforesaid, till those of supreme knowledge. Also of perceptual non-knowledge and scriptural non-knowledge.
प्रश्न १८१-केवइया णं भंते ! विभंगणाणपज्जवा पण्णत्ता ?
Q. 181. Bhante ! How many are vibhanga knowledge ?
the categories
of
उत्तर १८१–अणंता विभंगणाणपज्जवा पण्णत्ता ।
A. 181. Gautama ! They are also infinite.
प्रश्न १८२-एएसिणं भंते ! आभिणिबोहियणाणपज्जवाणं सुयणाणपज्जवाणं ओहिणाणपज्जवाणं मणपज्जवणाणपज्जवाणं केवलणाणपज्जवाणं य कायरे कयरेहितो जाव...विसेसाहिया वा?
Q. 182. Bhante ! Of the categories, as aforesaid, of perceptual knowledge, scriptural knowledge, extra-sensory knowledge, psychological knowledge and supreme knowledge, which ones are less, which ones more, equal or especially more ?
उत्तर १८२-गोयमा! सव्वत्थोवा मणपज्जवणाणपज्जवा ओहिणाणपज्जवा अणंतगुणा सुयणाणपज्जवा अणंतगुणा आभिणिबोहियणाणपज्जवा अणंतगुणा केवलणाणपज्जवा अणंतगुणा ।
A. 182. Gautama! Smallest in number are the categories of psychological knowledge. An infinite times more than these are the categories of extra-sensory knowledge. An infinite times more than the second are the categories of scriptural knowledge. An infinite times more than the third are the categories of perceptual knowledge. An infinite times more than the fourth are the categories of supreme knowledge.
प्रश्न १८३-एएसि णं भंते ! मइअण्णाणपज्जवाणं सुयअण्णाणपज्जवाणं विभंगणाणपज्जवाणं य कयरे कयरेहितो जाव...विसेसाहिया वा? ......
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