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This thirty-first 'Sanjñipad' of the Prajñāpanā Sūtra discusses all beings, including Siddhas, based on three categories: Sanjñī, Asanjñī, and No-Sanjñī-No-Asanjñī. * This section explains that Siddhas are neither Sanjñī nor Asanjñī, their state is No-Sanjñī-No-Asanjñī because, despite having a mind, they do not acquire knowledge through its activity. Similarly, humans who have attained Kevalīhood are considered No-Sanjñī-No-Asanjñī, as they too do not gain knowledge through mental activity. / Other humans, born in the womb and those who have attained Sammūcchima, are respectively Sanjñī and Asanjñī. All beings from Ekendriya to Chaturindriya are Asanjñī. Narakas, Bhavanapatis, Vāṇavyantara, and Panchendriya-Tiryach are both Sanjñī and Asanjñī. Jyotishkas and Vaimānikas are both Sanjñī. * The concluding verse of this section states that humans are either Sanjñī or Asanjñī, but Sūtra 1670 mentions three types of humans. This suggests that the verse refers to humans in a state of Chhadmastha. * However, the meaning of Sanjñā is not clear here. Humans, Narakas, Bhavanapatis, and Vyantaradevas are described as Asanjñī, indicating that beings with a mind are considered Sanjñī. This meaning does not fit the present context. This is why the Vṛttikāra had to interpret the word Sanjñā in two ways. / Still, a complete solution was not found, leading the Tīkākara to explain that Narakas, etc., are Sanjñī and Asanjñī because they were Sanjñī or Asanjñī in their previous births. Therefore, the meaning of the word Sanjñā in this context remains a subject of research. 1. Paṇṇavaṇā Sutta, Part 2 (Appendix, Introduction), p. 142 2. 'Sanjñinaḥ Samanaskaḥ / ' -Tattvārtha. 2025 3. Prajñāpanā. Malayavṛtti, Folio 534