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intake of matter for the purpose of reincarnation (comp Viy. 701 b) and the attraction of atoms on the whole, especially for eating This in the first line follows from the Ahara-paya Pannav. 28 (498 b) The theory distinguishes between the āhāra in abhoga-nivvattiya and anābhoga-n. (498 b), 1 c between the āhāra which, or, rather, the satisfaction of a demand for being supplied with matter (āhārattha), rests on intention (abhoga) (comp also Pannav 544 b), and the one that happens unintentionally In the first case we find a o the omission of the meal in the fast of the caultha-bhatta (§ 156). The attracted mass is called avic-davva acc to Viy 644a when being complete, and vic-d when lacking onc or more pacsa, but we hear nothing more in detail about it Morcover the ahara is lom āh. (first mentioned in 506b) and pahhhev'ah, and we are tempted to understand by it either continuous or dosed supplies But the loma concerns undifferentiated appropriation, whereas the pakkheva concerns the taking of food through the mouth 1 In addition to these two ways of taking in matter (oy'āhāra)2 there is the quality of mana-bhakhhi pertaining to gods who attract matter by mere wishing 3 Regarding the remaining contents of Pannav. 28 we may but mention that those beings owning a body of transformation take in inanimate matter only, while those having an earthly body take in both animate and semi-animate matter (misa) additionally (498 b) The beings take in such matter as is found within the range going to be occupied by their bodies, at least this may be supposed to be the meaning of atta-māyāe and aya-sarira-khetta (V1y. 286a) Any more closely or more distantly neighbouring ranges are out of the question, and thus for special magic cases it is always being expressly stressed that it concerns bahiraya poggalā, so Viy. 189a, 190a, 282b The actual process of reincarnation, however, appears to be described, in the beginning of Pannav 34 (534aSamav 145b), as follows "(beings of hell and five-sensed
I In this sense Than 263 b describes the ahara for the 4 stages of beings partly in the way of comparison
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oja ulpatti-dese āhāra-yogyah pudgala-samuhah, Prajn 510 a Comp Charlotte KRAUSE ZII 71, 272 Comp Sütr 342 b ff.
