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-522 ] THE DOOR OF VATTAVVAYĀ (PRECEPT)
189 519. How much is the minimum infinite-infinite (number) ? The minimum infinite-infinite (number) is (equal to the number represented by the souls) who are not fit to get salvation multiplied by the minimum infinite (number) self-raised, raised to the power of itself, in its completeness. Or, the minimum infinite-infinite (number) is (equal to) the maximum infinite (number) self-raised, plus one. (And) after that there are places which are neither minimum nor maximum.
This is the number as counting.
520. Then what is samkha (conch-shells) as essence ?? The conchshells as essence are those souls who realize (or suffer from) the namakarman leading to the life of conch-shells and gotta.karman assigning their status (golta) to the conch-shells.
This is the samkhà (conch-shells) as essence. This is the standard of samkha. This is the standard of states. This is the standard."
Here ends (the description of the word pamāņa (standard). (The description is covered by the suttas 313-520)//
[Suttas 521-525 : The door of Precept] 521. Then what is the precept (vattavvaya)? The precept is stated to be threefold, viz.
(i) precept of one's own doctrine (Jaina doctrine); (ii) precept of other's doctrine (non-Jaina doctrine); (iii) precept of both one's own doctrine and other's
doctrine. 522. Then what is the precept of one's own doctrine ? The precept of one's own doctrine is (there) where indeed one's doctrine is properly stated (e. g. there are, five astikāyas, viz. dharmastikaya etc.), defined (e. g. the dharmāstikāya has the characteristic of helping motion), explained (e. g. the dharmāstikāya is conceived to have innumerable 'space-points), exemplified (by means of illustration, e. g. the dharmastikāya is like water which is the support of fish for its movement), and again confirmed (by means of upanaya, which confirms that like
1. Vide supra, sutta No. 497. 2. Vide supra, sul ta No. 477. 3. Vide supra, sutta No. 477. 4. Vide supra, sulta No. 427. 5. Vide supra, sulta No. 313. 6. Vide supra, sutta No. 92.
