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XXXIII. THE TWELVE EG’INDIYA
[AVANTARA-]SAYAS.
Av antara saya 1.
(951b) a The five kinds of Al (eg’indi y a), viz earth-, water-, fire- and wind-beings and plants, may be fine (suhuma) or coarse (bāyara) and each of these two species may be developed (pajjatta) or not (apajjatta).
b For all of these 5 X 2 X 2 subspecies of Al the eight kinds of karman exist (aţtha kamma-pagadīo pannattão). They bind (bandhanti) seven (that means all except āuya-kamma) or all of these kinds of karman. They perceive (veenti) fourteen kinds of karman (kamma-pagadī) viz the eight kinds already mentioned to which are added the absence (ovajjha) of the senses of hearing, seeing, smelling and tasting and the absence of female and male
sex. * *
itthi-veya-vajjha: yad-scil. karma-Judayāt stri-vedo na labhyate tat striveda-vadhyam, Abhay. Probably we should read i.-U.-bajjha (bāhya), cf. I 74. The term kamma-pagadi is rather unusual in this connection.
2-11
(952a) The same subject developed after the example of XXVI 2-11. * * at the end of each udd.
Avantara sa y as ii-xii.
(952b) The same discussion applied to Al taking into account their black, dark or gray lessā and their capability resp. incapa
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