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vavahara (pragmatic standpoint). According to (the standpoint of) samgaha (synthetic standpoint), one person...or many persons,...up to (vide sutta No. 15 [3]-15 [5])... This is the ajjhayana as substancepotential, with scriptural knowledge
540. Then what is ajjhayana as substance-potential, without scriptural knowledge ? Ajjhayana as substance-potential, without scriptural knowledge, is stated to be threefold, viz.
(i) ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower;
(ii) ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person;
(iii) ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) other than the body of the knower and the body of the competent person.
541. Then what is ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower? The ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower is such a body of the knower who knows the purview of the meaning of the 'ajjhayana' treatise-the body which is devoid (of consciousness and has reached the state of unconsciousness), has seceded (from breath), has been made separate (from breath), and has left nourishment; (the body) abandoned by the soul...up to (vide sutta No. 17)... "Ah! by this body-conglomerate indeed the treatise named ajihayana was properly understood (from the teacher), ...up to...propounded (through various standpoints), in accordance with the purpose envisaged by the Jina. What is the example in point? (In reply, it is said), 'This was a pot of ghee', 'This was a pot of honey'."
This is the ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower.
542. Then what is ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person? The ajjhayana as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person is (the body of) a soul which has come out of womb through birth, and will study, living in this very body-conglomerate accepted (by him), in future times in accordance with the purpose envisaged by the Jinas, but is not studying (at present) the treatise of the ajjhayana. What is the example in point? (In reply, it is said,) 'This will be a pot of honey'; "This will be a pot of ghee'.
This is the ajjhayana as substance-poential (namely) body of the competent person. (Vide sutta No. 18).
