Canonical Niksepa

Author(s): Bansidhar Bhatt
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan

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THE CANONICAL NIKSEPA
sa-pajjavasie ceva, a-pajjavasie ceva).
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his specimen contains the elements "duviha", "pannatta", "tam jahā", and it is at the same time a good example of simple ramification. It was taken from Sthana, i.e. from a work which does not show the question-cum-answer ("dialogue") pattern. Specimens introduced by a question, as they are found in Bhagavatī, Jīvābhigama, and Prajñāpanā, tend to be more complex. We quote Prajñāpanā 12.405-406 (S.II, p.405):
"kai ņam, bhante, sarīrā pannattā?" "Goyanā, pañca sarīrā pannattā, tam jahā: orālie, veuvvie, āhārae, teyae, kammae." ------ "neraiyānam, bhante, kai Sariraya pannattā?" "Goyamā, tao sarirayā pannattā, tam jahā: veuvvie, teyae, kanmae." evam asurakumarāna vi jāva thaniyakumaranam. "pudhavi-kāiyānam, bhante, kai sarirayā pannattā?" "Goyamā, tao sarirayā pannattă, tam jahā: orālie, teyae, kammae." evam vāu-kaiya-vajjam jāva caur'-indiyānam. "vāu-kāiyāṇam, bhante, kai sarirayā pannattā?" "Goyamā, cattāri sarirayā pannattă, tam jahā: orālie, veuvvie, teyae, kannae." evam pañc' -indiya-tirikkha-joniyāna vi. "maņussăņam, bhante, kai sarirayā pannattā?" "Goyamā, pañca sarīrayā pannattā, tam jahā: opätie, veuvvie, āhārae, teyae, kammae." vāṇamantara-joisiya-vemāniyānam jahā nāragānam. | 405-406 1
In the Āmukha style (as elsewhere), isomorphous passages may show minor phraseological differences which are in many cases - though not always - coincidental. The five sūt ras Sthāna 6.548-52 (S.I, p.270) are a case in point. They show the following beginnings with different formulas for "six": -
6.548: 6.549:
chaj-jīvanikāyā pa (nnattā), tam (jahā): ...... cha tāra-ggahā pa (nnattā), tam (jahā): ...... chavvihā samsāra-samāvannagā jīvā pa (nnattā), tam (jahā): ...... pudhavi-kāiya cha-gaiyā, cha-āgaiyā pa(nnattā), tam (jahā): ...... chavvihā savva-jīvā pannattā), tam (jahā): ......
6.551: 6.552:
The single phrase "tattha nam je te" (mentioned above) may be demonstrated by the sutra Prajnāpana 17.1.478 (S.II, P.435):
"neraiyā nam, bhante, savve sama-veyaņā?" "Goyamā, no in' atthe samatthe." "se ken atthenam, bhante, evam vuccai: neraiyā no savve sama-veyaņā?" "Goyama, neraiya duvihā pannattā, tam jahā: samni-bhūyā ya a-samni-bhūyā ya. tattha nam je te samnibhūyā, te nam mahā-veyanatarāgā. tattha nam je te a-samni-bhūyā, te nam appa-veyaņatarāgā. se ten' atthenam, Goyanā, evam vuccai: neraiyā no savve sana-veyaņā." | 478
In connection with the Āmukha style we can quote from the Abhidhamma the following passage (Vibhanga 17.4.80):
tattha katamāni tīņi bhayāni? jāti-bhayam, jarā-bhayam, marana-bhayam. ------ tattha