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## Translation:
**[184] The cessation of the *vedana* (feeling) as per the *Prajñapana Sutra* is called *kṣaya* (destruction), and the removal or postponement of the *vipaka-udaya* (fruition of karma) of one who has not attained the state of *udaya* (arising) is called *upasama* (submergence). The *avadhi-jñāna* (clairvoyance) whose main cause is *kṣaya-upasama* is called *kṣaya-upasama-pratyaya* or *kṣaya-upasamik avadhi-jñāna*.**
**Who has which *avadhi-jñāna* and why? - *Bhava-pratyayik avadhi-jñāna* is experienced by the gods of all four castes and by the inhabitants of the seven hells, such as *Ratna-prabha*. The question arises that *avadhi-jñāna* is in the state of *kṣaya-upasamik* and the inhabitants of hell, etc., are in the state of *bhava-proudayik* (arising of existence). How can the gods and the inhabitants of hell have *avadhi-jñāna* in such a situation? The solution is that in reality, *bhava-pratyayik avadhi-jñāna* is also *kṣaya-upasamik*, but that *kṣaya-upasama* is inevitable when the cause of the state of godhood or hell is obtained. For example, the ability to fly in the sky is inevitably obtained in the state of being a bird. Similarly, upon obtaining the cause of godhood or hell, the gods and the inhabitants of hell inevitably obtain *avadhi-jñāna*.**
**The *avadhi-jñāna* of two types of beings is *kṣaya-upasamik*, i.e., caused by *kṣaya-upasama*, namely humans and five-sensed animals. For these two, *avadhi-jñāna* is not inevitable, because they do not obtain *avadhi-jñāna* from the cause of human existence or animal existence. Rather, only those humans or five-sensed animals who have experienced the *kṣaya-upasama* of their *avadhi-jñāna-āvaraniya karma* (karma that obstructs clairvoyance) obtain *avadhi-jñāna*, otherwise not. This is also called *guṇa-pratyaya* in the language of the *karma* scriptures.**
**Although both types of *avadhi-jñāna* mentioned above are *kṣaya-upasamik*, there is a difference between them due to the difference in the cause mentioned above.**
**Second: The scope of *avadhi* (clairvoyance)**
**1983. "O Venerable One! How much territory do the inhabitants of hell perceive with *avadhi* (clairvoyance)?" "Gautama! They perceive, with *avadhi* (clairvoyance), from the lowest *prādhā gāū* (territory) to the highest four *gāū* (territories).**
**1984. "O Venerable One! How much territory do the inhabitants of the *Ratna-prabha-pṛthvī* (hell) perceive with *avadhi* (clairvoyance)?" "Gautama! They perceive, with *avadhi* (clairvoyance), from the lowest three and a half *gāū* to the highest four *gāū* (territories).**
**1. (a) *Prajñapana* (Commentary on *Prajñapana Sutra*) *Bha*. 5, p. 780 (b) *Paṇṇavaṇāmuttam* *Bha*. 2 (Introduction) p. 140-141**
**2. *Prajñapana* (Commentary on *Prajñapana Sutra*) *Bha*. 5, p. 780 to 784**