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The twenty-fifth *vedanapad* (chapter on pain) of the *Prajñāpanā Sūtra* describes the twenty-four *daṇḍaka* (punishments) that sentient beings experience in the world through seven types of pain. * As long as a being is in the cycle of birth and death, it experiences various sensations. The mind is the central point of these experiences. Various types of pain are imprinted on the mind. * The mind receives and reflects these pains in the form of experiences. This is why the author of the text has presented a glimpse of the various pains imprinted on the mind due to various causes in this chapter. * There are various meanings of *vedanā* (pain). For example, knowledge, experience of pleasure and pain, suffering, sorrow, distress, pain caused by illness, experience of the fruits of karma, experience of the *sāta* (real) and *asāta* (unreal), experience of the *udaya* (arising) and *abalikā* (decay) of karma, etc. * In the context of all these meanings, this chapter presents seven *dvāra* (gates) related to pain, which describe various pains. * These seven gates are as follows: (1) The first is the *śītavedanādvāra* (gate of cold pain), which describes cold, hot, and lukewarm pain. (2) The second is the *dravya dvāra* (gate of substance), which describes pain related to substance, space, time, and emotion. (3) The third is the *śarīravedanādvāra* (gate of bodily pain), which describes physical, mental, and physical-mental pain. (4) The fourth is the *sātavedanādvāra* (gate of real pain), which describes *sāta*, *asāta*, and *sāta-asāta* pain. (5) The fifth is the *duḥkhavedanādvāra* (gate of pain of suffering), which describes pain in the form of suffering, pain in the form of pleasure, and pain in the form of both suffering and pleasure. (6) The sixth is the *ābhyūpagamiki* and *pāpakramiki vedanādvāra* (gate of pain of approach and decline), which describes both these types of pain. (7) The seventh is the *nidā-anidāvedanādvāra* (gate of pain of existence and non-existence), which describes both these types of pain. * After this, it is explained which pain is experienced by which beings and which is not. For example, *ekendriya* (one-sensed), *vikaleṇdriya* (impaired-sensed), and *asanjīpacendriya* (non-conscious-sensed) beings are devoid of mental pain. All other beings in the world experience pain in all the other gates. * 1. (a) *Paiāsaddamaṇṇavo*. p. 776 (b) *Abhi*, *Rā. Koṣa*, *Bhā*. 6, p. 1438 2. *Paṇṇavaṇāsuuttaṃ Bhā*. 1 (Mū. Pā. Ṭippanā), p. 424