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STANDARD OF SAŅKHĀ (5 4MKHAPPAMĀŅA)
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To the saddanaya, speaking thus, the samabhirudha says, "What you say, viz-dhamma quă a space-point, that is, a space-point qua dhamma...up to... a material body quà a space-point, that is, a spacepoint quà a particular material body'-is not correct). Why? There are two compounds here, viz. (1) dependent determinative compound and (2) descriptive determinative compound. It is not known by which (kind of compound) do you intend to) speak; (do you intend to speak) by dependent determinative compound, or by descriptive determinative compound ? If you intend to speak by dependent determinative compound, then don't say thus; but if you (intend to) speak by descriptive determinative compound, then you should specifically say thus--'(that is) dhamma and that (is) also a spacepoint, that is a space-point quă dhamma; (that is) ahamma and that is) also a space-point, that is a space-point quă ahamma; (that is) ägăsa and that (is) also a space-point, that is a space-point quà āgā sa; (that is) a soul and that (is) also a space-point, that is a space-point qua a particular soul; (that is) a material body and that (is) also a space-point, that is a space-point quà a particular material body'."
Now, to the samabhirūdha, speaking thus, the evambhūa says: “Whatever you say, all that should mean what is) whole, complete, without any remainder, comprehended in one sweep; for me the part is also unreal, for me the space-point is also unreal."
This is the standpoint) by the illustration of space-point. This is the standard of standpoints.
477. Then what is the standard of samkhā ?2 The standard of samkha is stated to be eightfold, viz.
(i) samkhā as name; (ii) samkha as arbitrary attribution; (iii) samkha (conch-shells) as substance-potential; (iv) samkha (determinative knowledge) by comparison; (v) samkha (number) as compass (parimāņa); (vi) samkha (determination) as jāņana (knowledge); (vii) samkha (number) as counting; (viii) samkha (conch-shells) as essence.
1. Vide supra, sutta No. 473. 2. Vide supra, sutta No. 427. The word samkha is used in various senses,
sometimes in the sense of number (Skt. sainkhyā), sometimes in the sense of conch-shells (soukhak), sometimes in the sense of discriminative knowledge (sainkhyānam), and so on. The particular meaning is to be understood from the context.
