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[434] [The Prajñāpanā Sūtra states that the same should be said about the synonyms of those skandhas which have hot, oily, and rough sparsa [respectively].] Similarly, it should be said that in the atomic pudgala, all these are not opposed. The synonyms of the pudgalas of color, etc., which are endowed with the characteristics of vivēcanā, jayanyādi, etc., are presented in the sixteen sūtras (from sū. 538 to 553). In these sūtras, the synonyms of the atomic pudgalas of black, etc., color, smell, taste, and sparsa, from the two-region skandha to the countless-infinite region skandha, are presented. There are infinite-infinite alternatives in relation to the synonyms of black, etc., classes and smell, taste, and touch, i.e., five colors like black, blue, etc., two types of smells, five types of tastes, and eight types of sparsa. Accordingly, black, etc., are of infinite-infinite types. Explanation of the black, etc., color with inferior, superior, and medium qualities - The pudgala in which the least amount of black color is found is called the inferior quality black. Here, the word "guna" is used in the sense of part or quantity. Inferior quality means the least part. In other words, the pudgala in which there is only one degree of blackness - less than which blackness is not possible - should be understood as inferior quality black. The one in which the most parts of blackness are found is the superior quality black. The black which is more than one part of blackness and less than one part from the most (final) blackness is called the medium quality black. The same should be understood about the blue, etc., classes, and smells, tastes, and touches, which are endowed with inferior, superior, and medium qualities, like the black color. In relation to the avagahana, the two-region skandha is more or less - If one two-region skandha is less than another two-region skandha in relation to the avagahana, then it can be one region less avagahana, and if it is more, then it can be one region more avagahana. The meaning is that in the avagahana of the two-region skandha, more than one region less or more avagahana is not possible. From the two-region skandha to the ten-region skandha, the statement of their synonyms is the same as that of the two-region skandha, but the number of regions should be increased in them. That is, from the two-region skandha to the ten-region skandha, the increase of nine regions should be stated. The inferior quality black, in relation to the number of regions, the region, and the avagahana, is two-place-degenerate in relation to the two-place-degenerate regions, i.e., it is either without number-part or without number-quality, or it is more than the number-part or more than the number-quality. Similarly, it is two-place-degenerate in relation to the avagahana. The effect of mutually opposite smell, taste, and touch in the atomic pudgala - The atomic pudgala which has a fragrant smell does not have a foul smell, and the one which has a foul smell does not have a fragrant smell, because the atom is only of one smell. Therefore, where one smell is stated, the absence of the other smell should be stated. Similarly, where one taste is stated, the absence of other tastes should be understood. That is, where there is bitter taste, there are no other tastes like pungent, etc., because 1. Prajñāpanā Sūtra Prameyabodhinī Ṭīkā Bhā. 2, p. 885-886 2. Prajñāpanā Sūtra; Pra. Bo. Ṭīkā Bhā. 2, p. 887 to 890.