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Viyahapannatti 8.3

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8.3.397

"How many kinds of trees, Venerable Sir, are taught?"
"Gautama, three kinds of trees are taught, namely: having a numerable [number of] jīvas, having an innumerable [number of] jīvas, and having an infinite [number of] jīvas.
What are those having a numerable [number of] jīvas?
Those having a numerable [number of] jīvas are taught to be of many kinds, namely:
Palm, tamāla, takkalī, teyalī, and sāla, sālakalyāṇa, / sarala, as many as screw-pine, plantain, and likewise the leather tree, / bhojapatra tree, asafoetida tree, and clove tree are to be understood, / areca palm, date palm, and coconut palm are to be understood,
and whatever other such kinds. These are those having a numerable [number of] jīvas.
What are those having an innumerable [number of] jīvas?
Those having an innumerable [number of] jīvas are taught to be of two kinds, namely: single-seeded and many-seeded.
What are the single-seeded?
The single-seeded are taught to be of many kinds, namely:
Neem, mango, rose-apple, kośāmba, sāla, aṅkolla, pīlu, and śelu, / sallakī, mocā, mālukā, bakula, palāśa, and karañja,
putrañjīva, ariṣṭa, bibhītaka, harītakī, and bhallātaka, / udumbara-bhārikā, kṣīriṇī, dhātakī, and priyāla are to be understood,
pūtinimbā, āragvadha, śleṣmātaka, and likewise śiṃśapā and asana, / punnāga, ironwood tree, śrīparṇī, and likewise aśoka,
and whatever other such kinds. Of these, the roots also have an innumerable [number of] jīvas, the bulbs also, the trunks also, the bark also, the boughs also, the sprouts also. The leaves have individual jīvas. The flowers have many jīvas. The fruits are single-seeded. These are the single-seeded.
What are the many-seeded?
The many-seeded are taught to be of many kinds, namely:
Asthika, tinduka, wood-apple, āmrātaka, citron, and bael, / āmalaka, jackfruit, pomegranate, aśvattha, udumbara, and banyan,
nyagrodha, nandī tree, pippalī, śatāvarī, and pilukha tree, / kākodumbarī, coriander, and devadālī are to be understood,
tilaka, alābu, chatroha, śirīṣa, saptaparṇa, dadhiparṇa, / lodhra, dhava, sandalwood, arjuna, neem, kuṭaja, and kadamba,
and whatever other such kinds. Of these, the roots also have an innumerable [number of] jīvas, the bulbs also, the trunks also, the bark also, the boughs also, the sprouts also. The leaves have individual jīvas. The flowers have many jīvas. The fruits are many-seeded. These are the many-seeded. These are those having an innumerable [number of] jīvas.
What are those having an infinite [number of] jīvas?
Those having an infinite [number of] jīvas are taught to be of many kinds, namely: potato, radish, ginger—as explained in the seventh śataka up to siuṇḍhī, musuṇḍhī, and whatever other such kinds. These are those having an infinite [number of] jīvas."

8.3.398

"Now, Venerable Sir, if a tortoise, a row of tortoises, an iguana, a row of iguanas, an ox, a row of oxen, a human, a row of humans, a buffalo, a row of buffaloes—if these are cut into two, or into three, or into a numerable [number of parts], are the intervals between them pervaded by those soul-units?"
"Yes, they are pervaded."
"Venerable Sir, if a man, touching or pressing, scratching or scraping the interval with a hand, or a foot, or a finger, or a probe, or a piece of wood, or a splinter, or cutting or cleaving it with any kind of sharp weapon, or burning it with fire, does he produce any affliction or pain to those soul-units? Or does he cause an incision of the flesh?"
"That meaning is not fit; indeed, no weapon operates there."

8.3.399

"How many earths, Venerable Sir, are taught?"
"Gautama, eight earths are taught, namely: Ratnaprabhā up to the lower seventh, and Īṣatprāgbhārā."
"Venerable Sir, is this Ratnaprabhā earth ultimate or non-ultimate?"
The 'Section on the Ultimate' should be recited completely up to:
"Venerable Sir, are the Vaimānikas ultimate or non-ultimate in terms of the ultimate touch?"
"Gautama, they are both ultimate and non-ultimate."
"So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!"

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