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-438] STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT OF STATES 163 w standard of bitter taste-attribute up to (5) standard of
sweet taste-attribute. (Vide sutta No. 222). This is the standard of taste-attributes.
433. Then what is the standard of touch-attributes ? The standard of touch-attributes is stated to be eightfold, viz. (1) standard of hard touch-attribute...up to... (8) standard of dry
touch-attribute. This is the standard of touch-attributes. (Vide sutta No. 223).
434. Then what is the standard of figure-attributes ? The standard of figure-attributes is stated to be fivefold, viz.
(1) standard of round figure-attribute (like a bangle)...up to...(5)
standard of elongate figure-attribute. (Vide sutta No. 224).
This is the standard of figure-attributes. This is the standard of attributes of the non-soul.1
435. Then what is the standard of attributes of the soul ?? The standard of attributes of the soul is stated to be threefold, viz.
(i) standard of attributes of determinate knowledge; (ii) standard of attributes of indeterminate intuition; and (iii) standard of attributes of conduct (or behaviour).
436. Then what is the standard of attributes of determinate knowledge ? The standard of attributes of determinate knowledge is stated to be fourfold, viz.
(1) perceptual congnition (paccakkha); (2) inferential knowledge (aņumāna); (3) analogical knowledge (ovamma); (4) scriptural knowledge (à gama).
437. Then what is the perceptual cognition ? The perceptual cognition is stated to be twofold, viz.
(i) perceptual cognition through the sense organs; and (ii) perceptual cognition without the sense-organs.
438. Then what is the perceptual cognition through the senseorgans ? The perceptual cognition through the sense-organs is stated to be fivefold, viz.
1. Vide supra, sutta No. 429. 2. Vide supra, sutta No. 428.
