Viyahapannatti 22.2.824

22.2.824

aha bhaṃte! niṃbaṃba jaṃbu-kosaṃba-sāla-aṃkolla-pīlu-selu-sallai-moyai-māluya-baula-palāsa-karaṃja-puttaṃjīvaga-ariṭṭha-vihelaga-harittaga-bhallāya-uṃbabhariya-khīraṇi-dhāyai-piyāla-pūiyaṇiṃbāraga seṇhaya pāsiya sīsava asana puṇṇāga nāgarukkha-sīvaṇṇi-asogāṇaṃ–eesi ṇaṃ je jīvā mūlattāe vakkamaṃti? evaṃ mūlādīyā dasa uddesagā kāyavvā niravasesaṃ jahā tālavaggo|

"Now, Venerable Sir, those souls who pass into existence as the roots of nimba, amba, jambu, kośamba, śāla, aṅkolla, pīlu, śelu, śallakī, mocakī, māluka, bakula, palāśa, karañja, putrajīvaka, ariṣṭa, vibhītaka, harītakī, bhallātaka, umbarabhariya, kṣīriṇī, dhātakī, priyāla, pūtikā, nimbāraga, śleṣmātaka, prāsikā, śiṃśapā, asana, punnāga, nāgavṛkṣa, śrīparṇī, and aśoka?" In this manner, ten uddeśakas beginning with root are to be stated completely just like the tāla group.