Viyahapannatti 9.32.454

9.32.454

"Venerable Sir! Of how many kinds is entry as an animal taught to be?"
"Gāṅgeya! It is taught to be of five kinds, namely: entry as a one-sensed animal up to entry as a five-sensed animal."
"Venerable Sir! When one animal enters by way of animal-entry, would it be among one-sensed [animals] up to would it be among five-sensed [animals]?"
"Gāṅgeya! It may be among one-sensed [animals] up to it may be among five-sensed [animals]."
"Venerable Sir! When two animals [enter] by way of animal-entry—" [the inquiry].
"Gāṅgeya! They may be among one-sensed [animals] up to they may be among five-sensed [animals]; or one may be among one-sensed [animals] and one may be among two-sensed [animals]. In this way, as with entry as an inhabitant of hell, so also entry as an animal is to be expounded up to 'innumerable'."
"Venerable Sir! When maximum animals [enter] by way of animal-entry—" [the inquiry].
"Gāṅgeya! All of them indeed may be among one-sensed [animals], or they may be among one-sensed and two-sensed [animals]. In this way, just as the inhabitants of hell were distributed, so also the animals are to be distributed. Without omitting the one-sensed [beings], combinations of two, combinations of three, combinations of four, and combinations of five are to be expounded after considering them carefully up to: or they may be among one-sensed, two-sensed, up to five-sensed [animals]."
"Venerable Sir! Among this entry as a one-sensed animal up to entry as a five-sensed animal, which are fewer, greater, equal, or specially greater compared to which?"
"Gāṅgeya! Entry as a five-sensed animal is the least of all; entry as a four-sensed animal is specially greater; entry as a three-sensed animal is specially greater; entry as a two-sensed animal is specially greater; entry as a one-sensed animal is specially greater."