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--495 ) STANDARD OF SAMKHA (SAŅKHAPPAMĀŅA) 183
493. Then what is samkhă (number) as compass (parimana)?1 The samkha (number) as compass is stated to be twofold, viz.
(1) the samkhă (number) as compass of the scripture that is
studied at a definite time; and (2) the samkha (number) as compass of the scripture of Ditthivāya.
494. Then what is the samkha (number) as compass of the scripture that is studied at a definite time? The samkha (number) as compass of the scripture that is studied at a definite time is stated to be manifold, viz.
(i) number (samkha) of modifications (paijavasamkha”); (ii) number of letters (akkharasamkha); (iii) number of conjuct letters (samghayasamkha); (iv) number of words (padasamha); (v) number of quarters of a verse (padasamkha); (vi) number of gāhas (gahasamkha); (vii) number of ślokas (silogasamkha); (viii) number of special metres called veștaka (vedhasamkha); (ix) number of nijjutis (nijjutisamkha); (x) number of doors of disquisition (anuogad ärasamkha); (xi) number of sections (uddesagasamkha); (xii) number of chapters (ajjhayaņasamkha); (xiii) number of scriptural divisions (suyakhamdhasamkha); (xiv) number of angas (amgasamkha).
This is the samkha as campass of the scripture that is studied at a definite time.
495. Then what is samkhā as compass of the scripture of Ditthivă. ya ? The samkha as compass of the scripture of Ditthivaya is stated to be manifold, viz.
(i) samkhā or number of modifications...up to... (x) number
of doors of disquisition (vide preceding para); (xi) number of pahudas; (xii) number of pahudiya; (xiii) number of pahud apahudiya;
J. Vide supra, sutta No. 477. 2. The word pajjava is explained in the Commentary, p. 216A, as paryāyā
dharmā iti yāvat. The pajjava here in probably the same as the Pali word pariyāya, for instance, in dhammapariyāya which means 'disquisition on the dhamma. Vide Pali-English Dietionary, P.T.S., s. v. pariyāya.
