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瑜伽論記 17.218

瑜伽論記 17.218

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Classical Chinese

17.218

二、明五種非狂似狂,解支節者,西國欲燒死屍,要須雇人解其支節,以易燒故。下言補羯娑者此即人也。

Second, clarifying the five kinds of non-madness resembling madness: 'dismembering limbs' refers to the custom in the Western countries when wishing to cremate a corpse, where they must hire someone to dismember its limbs so that it burns easily. Mentioning a *pukkasa* below refers precisely to such a person.

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