འཕགས་པ་ཚངས་པས་བྱན་གྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.11
The Questions of Brahmadatta notes.11
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11. The analogy being made here in unclear. In Buddhist scripture, the castor-oil tree (Skt. eraṇḍa) is sometimes listed along with the plantain tree as something that lacks an essential core. Alternatively, because of its foul smell it is compared negatively to the pleasant-smelling sandalwood tree.