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SUTRAKRITÂNGA.
Pauma, Kumuya, Nalina ", Subhagasôniya, Pondariya, Mahậpondariya, Sayavatta, Sahassavatta, Kalhâra, Kôkanada, Tâmarasa?, as stalks and fibres of lotus, as Pukkhala 3, and Pukkhalatthibhaga. (The rest similar as in g 2.) (18)
And again it has been said of old : some beings come forth as movable beings from trees born in earth, from trees originated by trees, from the roots, (&c., down to) seeds produced by trees, originated by creepers born on trees, from creepers born on creepers, from the roots, &c. of creepers born on creepers, from grass 4, from herbs“, from plants 4, from Âya, (&c., all down to) Kûra born in earth ; from trees born in water (the rest similar as with trees born in earth), from Udaga, (&c., all down to) Pukkhalatthibhaga born in water. (19)
These creatures feed on the sap of the trees, creepers, grass, herbs, plants, be they born in earth or water, on trees or creepers or grass or herbs or plants; (the sap) of their roots, (&c., all down to) seeds, of Âyas, &c., of Udakas, &c. And these creatures consume earth-bodies, (&c., all as in § 2, down to) assimilated by them. And the bodies of these beings born of trees, creepers, grass, herbs, plants, their roots, &c., of Âyas, &c., of Udagas, &c., are of manifold colours, (&c., the rest as in § 2, down to the end). (20)
1 The last four are well-known varieties of lotus, called in Sanskrit: utpala, padma, kumuda, nalina.
2 The Sanskrit of the last seven items is: pundarîka, mahapundarika, satapattra, sahasrapattra, kahlâra, kôkanada, and tâmarasa; they are all varieties of lotus.
3 Pushkara.
4 This is to be detailed in the same way as with trees and crechers.
