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AŅUOGADDĀRĀIM
[ SUTTAS 270
Agasatthikaa (the substance, imagined as a collection of parts, giving accommodation to other substances);
Ji vatthikaa (the spiritual substance, imagined as collection of parts); Poggalatthikaa (the material substance, which is a collection of parts); Addhasamaa (time-instant). This is the name) according to the beginningless (eternal) doctrine.
270. Then what is (the name) according to the name? The following are the examples of names) according to the names:
When a child or descendant is) named after the name of his father and grandfather (or, father's a grandfather) (it is an example of name according to the names).
This is the name) according to the names.
271. Then what is the name) according to the part of a whole object denoted by the word) ? (The examples of the name) according to the part (of a whole object) are (given in the follwing verses) :
(A bull is called) simgi (on account of having simga, horns as a part of its body). (Similarly, a peacock is called) siht (=having crest), (an elephant is called) visāņi (= having tusk), (a wild boar is called) dadhi (having tusk), (a bird is called) pakkhi (-having wings), (a horse as well as similar animals is called) khuri (having hoof), (a lion as well as similar animals is called) nahi ( = having nails). (a sheep as well as similar animals is called) vāli (=having tail), (all animals with two legs are called) dupaya (biped), (all animals with four legs are called) cauppaya (quadruped), (all animals with many legs are called) bahupaza (multiped), (a monkey as well as similar animals is called) namgali (=having tail), (a lion as well as similar animals is called) kesari (=having mane), and (a bull as well as similar animals is called kakuhi ( = having hump) //83!
One should identify a soldier by means of his waistband, a lady by her garment, (one should acertain the contents of the pot as (perfectly) boiled from a single boiled grain and (one should identify) a poet by a single stanza //84//
This is (the name) according to the part (of a whole object).
272. Then what is (the name) according to the combination ? (The name) according to the combir ation is stated to be fourfold, viz.
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The verse is repeated in sutta No. 446 (verse 118).
