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200 AŅUOGADDĀRĀIM
[SUTTAS 559 559. (Aa as) name and arbitrary attribution (are as) were described previously. (Vide sutta No. 10-12.).
560. Then what is āa as substance-potential ? Aa as substancepotential is stated to be twofold, viz.
(a) with scriptural knowledge; and
(b) without scriptural knowledge. 561. Then what is aa as substance-potential, with scriptural knowledge ? Aa as substance-potential, with scriptural knowledge, is concerned with a person by whom a treatise has been studied, retained (in mind), ... up to (vide sutta No. 14)...'Why so ? Because davva stands for absence of attention that is, absence of thinking)...up to (vide sutta No. 15 [1] )...there are as many ayas (sic) as substancepotential, with scriptural knowledge, as there are persons without attention (or active thinking)...up to (vide sutta No. 15 [2]—15 57)... This is the da as substance-potential, with scriptural knowledge.
562. Then what is āa as substance-potential, without scriptural knowledge ? Aa as substance-potential, without scriptural knowledge, is stated to be threefold, viz.
(i) āa as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower; (ii) aa as substance-potential (namely) body of the compe
tent person; (iii) aa as substance-potential (namely) other than the body
of the knower and the body of the competent person. 563. Then what is āa as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower ? The āa as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower is such a body of the knower who knows the purview of the meaning of aya (sic) 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), has left nourishment, ... the rest is just as in the case of ajjhayaņa as substance-potential (vide sutta No 541) up to... This is ãa as substance-potential (namely) body of the knower.
564. Then what is aga (sic) as substance potential (namely) body of the competent person ? Āra as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person is (the body of) a soul which has come out of womb through birth, ... the rest is just as in the case of the aishayana as substancepotential (vide sutta No. 542) up to... This is a ya as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person.
565. Then what is aya as substance-potential (namely) other than the body of the knower and the body of the competent person? Aya
