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AŅUOGADDĀRĀIM
[SUTTAS 478
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478. Then what is samkha as name? The samkha as name stands for a living being or a non-living thing, or many living beings, or many non-living things, or a mixture of them or many mixtures of them, to whom the name samkha is given.
This is samkha as name.
479. Then what is samkha as arbitrary attribution ? The samkha as arbitrary attribution is made indeed in (things) which are real-like or imaginary such as wood-work, or doll made of cloth pieces, or a painted figure, or clay figures...up to... This is the samkhū as arbitrary attribution (vide sutta No. 11, substitute samkha for avassaya).
480. What is the difference between (samkha as) name and (samkha as) arbitrary attribution ? (The samkha as) name is (mostly) life-long but (the samkha as) arbitrary attribution can be temporary or life-long
481. Then what is samkhà (conch-shell) as substance-potential ? The samkhà (conch-shell) as substance-potential is stated to be twofold, viz.
(i) (with reference to a person) with scriptual knowledge;
(ii) without scriptual knowledge. 482-486. (Vide sutta No. 14-18, substitute samkha for āvassaya).'
487. Then what is samkhā (conch-shells) as substance-potential (namely) other than the bo ly of the knower and the body of the competent person ? The samkhā (conch-shells) as substance-potential (namely) other than the body of the knower and the body of the compe. tent person is stated to be threefold, viz.
(1) egabhavia (literally, who is with an interval of only one
life, viz. the present one; in the immediately next birth, he is bound to be born as a conch-shell, though
he has not yet actually bound the life of the next birth); (2) baddhäua (one who has bound the longevity of the conch
shell for the immediately next birth); (3) abhimuhaņāmagotla (literally, who has arrived in front of
the nama and gotra-karman of a two-sensed being named śamkha, and is bound to be born as śamkha in
the next time-instant or latest by an amtarmuhuria) 488. As regards the being with an interval of only one life, how long, O Lord, does (the designation of) 'a being with an interval of only one life' continue in time ? (Answer): (It continues for) one
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Vide footnote 6 on p. 184 of the MJV edition.
