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4 1 the five great vows c.w. the eighteen sins in 23 and 34; ref. to I 63. | 2 atta-kada c.w. the text referred to in 1.
5 Īsāņa's sabhā (see II 8) introduces the heavens mentioned in 6 seqq.
6-11 on certain aspects of the rebirth of earth-, water- and wind-beings in a heaven or a hell; since sampāunejjā (: pudgalagrahaņam kuryāt, Abhay.) = āhārejjā (see XX 6 which is obviously c.w. XVII 6-11) these udd. are probably meant to introduce 12.
12 āhāra etc., lessā and iddhi of the one-sensed beings added to the earth-beings etc. in 6-11 and prefixed to the discussion of āhāra etc., lessā and iddhi of certain classes of Bhavanavāsis in 13-17. [N.B.—The reappearance of the one-sensed beings in XIX 3 (1 and 2 being only R) and the application of the theory discussed there to the two- up to five-sensed beings in XX 1 enframe XVIII and XIX resp.]
13-17 see XVI 11-14.
XVIII The whole saya appears to be built on the numerical series 'one', 'two' (also 2 X 2 = 'four'), 'three': see ‘l', '2', '3' below and cf. Introduction § 21 end.
I soul(s) and siddha(s) discussed from the point of view padhama ('1') and its opposite carima.
2 E: SAKKA visits Mv. (c.w. and ref. to XVI 2 2: parallelism) at VISĀHĀ; Goy. questions Mv. on Sakka's former existence as Kattie nāmam setthi ... negama-padham' (*1')-āsaņie.
3 1-5 the disciple MĀGANDIYAPUTTA questions Mv.: 1 sijjhai C.W. I. | 2 carima c.w. 1; bipartitions (duviha '2'). | 3 bipartitions (duviha '2'); kamma c.w.2 | 4 kamma c.w. 2-3. 1 5 nijjarāpoggala and āhārai c.w.2.
4.1 double bipartition (duviha '2') viz (1) jīva- and (2) ajīvadavvā ... paribhogattāe (a) havvam or (b) no havvam āgacchanti; moreover 35 ~ VII 10 1 (implicitly referred to in 3 5) and 41 ~ VII 10 2 (both discussing the eighteen sins) form a parallel sequence. PR on the four passions, 'four' introducing 3 | 3 divisibility by the number 'four' added to the double bipartition in 1. | 4 bipartition ('2'): jāvaiyā ... tāvaiyā ....
5 1'2' (do) gods of the same class. 1 ? '2' (do) beings of the
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