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section of our table marked with an asterisk is summarized in a urddhôkta gāhā quoted by Abhay.
5 (864b) Lines (sedhi) in general [viz lines passing through both the non-world and the world] are oo in substance (scil. number: davv'atthayāe ananta) whether they run from E. to W. (pāīņapadīņ’āyaya) or from N. to S. (dāhiņuttar’āyaya) or from zenith to nadir (uddha-m-ah’āyaya). This is also the case with lines in the non-world (alog'āgāsa-sedhi). Lines in the world, however, are ¿ in number (davv'atthayāe asamkhejja) in the three directions [because the number of units of space in the world is cs Abhay.; cf. 3 above).
Lines in general are o in length (paes'aţthayāe ananta) in the three directions. In the non-world, however, only horizontal lines (running from E. to W. and from N. to S.) are o in length, whereas vertical lines (from zenith to nadir) are co, c, or x in length. In the world horizontal lines are x or , and vertical lines are in length.
Lines (sedhi) are unidimensional oblong formations (āyaya, cf. sedhi-āyaya in 3 above), whence their names pāina-padin'āyaya etc.-To account for the x or < length of horizontal lines in the world Abhay, gives the explanation of the Cūrņi: asyêyam Cūrnikāra-vyākhyā: loka-vrttan nişkrāntasyâloke pravistasya dantakasya yāḥ śrenayas tã dvi-tr'ādi-pradeśā api sambhavanti tena tāḥ samkhyāta-pradeśā labhyante seşā asamkhyāta-pradeśā labhyanta iti. He adds three gāhās taken from the sīkā.
6 (866a) a. Lines in general (scil. lines passing through both the non-world and the world] have no beginning and no end (anāiya apajjavasiya) in whatever direction they run. In the world all lines have a beginning and an end (s'āiya sapajjavasiya). In the non-world vertical lines may have a beginning and an end and both vertical and horizontal lines may have neither of these or one of these. b. The number of lines in general running in each of the three directions is divisible by four (seờhio nam ... davv'atthayāe ... kada-jummāo) and so is the number of these lines in the world and the non-world. The same is true for the number of space-units ... paes'atthayāe ...) of lines in general. Lines in the world, however, have a number of paesas that is divisible by four or that, in the case of horizontal lines, gives a remainder of two paesas if divided by four (dāvara-jumma). Lines in the non-world have a number of paesas that is either
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