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Among them, by way of result, only one is singular, by way of mutuality, pre-nascence, post-nascence, repetition, and association, five triads, by way of dissociation, only one pentad, by way of cause, contiguity, immediacy, kamma, nutriment, faculty, jhāna, path, absence, and disappearance, ten heptads, by way of object, co-nascence, and support, three nonads, by way of dominance, one decad, by way of dependence, presence, and non-disappearance, three terads, thus in each particular condition, in the specified turn, having carefully noted the numerical arrangement, in dependence on them, in the condition-linking of dyads, etc., the calculation should be understood. 440. Y But those conditions whose counterparts are dissimilar or contradictory, they should not be combined together. Just as, for the root condition, the object, immediately preceding, contiguity, support, prenascent, postnascent, karma, repetition, nutriment, absorption, absence, and cessation conditions, and excluding investigation from the dominance condition, the remaining dominant factors are dissimilar, while the co-nascent and others are similar. Why? Because of the presence or absence of such. For the root condition, to those for whom there is a root condition, there is also a co-nascent condition, etc., but there is no object condition, etc., thus the object condition, etc., are called dissimilar to it. Therefore, it should not be combined with them, nor should they be combined with it. The prenascent, postnascent, associated, dissociated, presence, absence, cessation, and non-cessation conditions are mutually contradictory, these too should not be combined with each other. There, excluding the uncombinable, and in the combinations with the combinable, the arrangements that are obtained, to show them in brief, it was said, "from the root condition to the dominance condition, there are four," and so on. There, although in the comparison of the root condition with the dominance condition, there should be seven arrangements due to the lesser number, since among the dominant factors, only investigation is a root condition, not the others, therefore, excluding the dissimilar, and in terms of similarity, it was said, "four." These should be understood thus: a wholesome state is a condition for a wholesome state by way of root condition and dominance condition; wholesome investigation for associated aggregates, a wholesome state is a condition for an indeterminate state by way of root condition and dominance condition; wholesome investigation for mind-produced material phenomena, a wholesome state is a condition for a wholesome and an indeterminate state by way of root condition and dominance condition; wholesome investigation for associated aggregates and mind-produced material phenomena, an indeterminate state is a condition for an indeterminate state by way of root condition and dominance condition; resultant-indeterminate and functional-indeterminate investigation for associated aggregates and mind-produced material phenomena. Here, resultant-indeterminate states should be taken as only supramundane. But object-condition, contiguity-condition, etc., are not connected due to dissimilarity. In this way, knowing what is obtainable and unobtainable everywhere, the possibilities should be extracted based on what is obtainable. Co-nascent seven means those obtained by the root-condition. Mutual three means those obtained by the pure mutual-condition. Dependence seven means those obtained by the root-condition. Resultant one means that obtained by the pure resultant-condition. In the faculties and paths, four means those in the manner stated below. Conjoined three means those obtained by the pure conjoined-condition. Disjoined three means that material arising from wholesome, etc., consciousness should be understood as produced by conditions. Presence and absence seven means those obtained by the root-condition. 441-443. Thus, having shown the calculation in the dual-root method based on those eleven conditions with which the root-condition can be combined, now, to show it in the triple-root, etc., while establishing the characteristic, he says, "Root, co-nascent, dependence, presence, and absence, seven," etc. However, in the books, condition-names with deficient letters such as "dependence-co-dependence-dominance" are written, that is written merely as a convention. Therefore, in such places, the complete text should be made. But what characteristic has been established, by that this is shown – this root-condition, when combined with the four, co-nascent, etc., obtains only seven answers obtained in its own analysis. If here the mutual-condition enters, it obtains the three obtained in the mutual-condition. If the conjoined-condition enters, it obtains those same three. If the disjoined-condition enters, it obtains the three obtained in the root-disjoined pair. If the resultant-condition enters, it obtains the answer in the same way when combined with all resultant-similar states. If here the faculty and path conditions enter, it obtains only the four obtained in the dual-root with them. If with them the mutual- If the condition of co-nascence applies, when the four distributions are shown in the root-condition and dominance-condition dyads, having removed "wholesome dhamma to unwholesome, wholesome dhamma to wholesome and unwholesome," two remain. If the condition of association applies there, those same two remain. But if the condition of dissociation applies, the other two remain. But if the resultant condition applies among them, only one remains in all cases. However, when dominance is together with the root-condition and the lesser groups do not apply, all four remain. When applying to the lesser groups, depending on them, one or two are certain. Thus, knowing the calculation obtainable in the combination of those various conditions, the calculation should be extracted in the triple-rooted and so on. Among these combinations, the first four combinations, generally speaking, are stated in terms of all nine roots, and are non-resultant. In the distribution of unwholesome to unwholesome, a resultant root is also obtained here. The five combinations after that are stated in terms of the resultant root. There, all are co-nascent resultants and resultant co-nascent matter. Among them, in the first combination, resultants and matter produced from them are obtained; in the second, resultants, rebirth, and base-matter; in the third, only immaterial dhammas; in the fourth, only matter produced from resultant consciousness is obtained; in the fifth, only base-matter. The fifteen combinations after that, connected with the faculty path, are stated in terms of the non-delusion root. Among them, the first nine are without dominance, the last six are with dominance. Among those without dominance, the first four are generally stated everywhere in terms of non-delusion, the last five in terms of resultant non-delusion. There, among those without dominance, the four in the first are the same as those shown below in the root-condition and dominance-condition dyads. In the second, matter produced from consciousness is lost. In the third, base-matter is lost. In the fourth, "wholesome dhamma to those produced from consciousness, unwholesome to those produced from them," only matter is obtained. After that, the five with resultant effects are as explained before. Of the dominant ones, the first three combinations are generally stated in terms of result and non-result causes. Of these, the first four are as explained before. In the second, form declines; in the third, formlessness declines. After that, the three are stated in terms of result causes. Of these, in the first, form and formlessness are obtained; in the second, only formlessness; in the third, only form. Thus, knowing the calculation obtainable in the combination of those various conditions, the calculation should be extracted from the triple-rooted, etc. The Root of Cause is finished. 444. In the Root of Object, of the seven conditions beginning with dominance, those sharing an object are seven, the remaining sixteen are dissimilar, so, excluding them, only seven are included. Of these, in dominance there are seven: wholesome dhamma for wholesome dhamma, for unwholesome dhamma, for indeterminate dhamma, thus, three wholesome roots, one unwholesome root, three indeterminate roots, thus seven. In dependence there are three: only indeterminate roots in terms of base. In strong dependence there are the same seven as below. In prenascence there are three: indeterminate roots in terms of base and object. In dissociation there are three: only in terms of base. In presence and absence there are three: in terms of base and object. However, just as combinations were established in the Root of Cause to show characteristics, so too in the Root of Object, etc. 445. There, whatever five combinations are established in this Root of Object. Of these, the first is dominant with object dominance. There, the seven are the answers obtained in the object dominance pair. The second is non-dominant. There, the three are indeterminate roots in terms of base and object, or only in terms of object. The third is stated in terms of dependence. There, the three are indeterminate roots in terms of base. The fourth and fifth are dominant. Of these, in the fourth, one is an indeterminate unwholesome root in terms of base and object, or only in terms of object. In the fifth, one is an indeterminate unwholesome root from dependence. Thus, here too, in terms of what is obtainable, the triple, etc. These should be understood. Likewise, in cases beginning with "rooted in dominance." However, I will not explain the detailed application based on object, sense, and result, but will only say what is appropriate in each case. 446. In "rooted in dominance, co-arisen," seven: Three roots of good, three roots of evil,