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"Non-attainment" here should be understood as non-attainment due to its extreme subtlety in its inherent nature. "Designation, that is, name" is the analysis. "Designation" means a word that is more than ordinary, because it reveals the meaning. "Name-designation" refers to the concept of a name. "Graspable state" means that having heard the name-designation from those who say "this is mind," "this is contact," one grasps the corresponding inherent meaning through knowledge, in the sense of knowing. It is said to be "name" because it is to be known according to the concept of a name. It bends towards the object, hence "name." Or, the mental phenomena bend towards it, hence "name" is also appropriate. In this collection of conditions, since concepts are also included among the conditioning phenomena, the collection of concepts is also presented here by the Elder. There, in "is made known," "making known" means establishing a convention. And to show that this establishment is accomplished by two causes, by the convention of those who speak, and by the acceptance of those who listen, he says "this too" and so on. "Is accepted" means that just as it was conventionally used by earlier people, so it is conventionally used by successive generations of people. "Is made known by a mode," hence "concept" is also appropriate. "Meaning of the word" refers to the meaning of words like human, god, earth, mountain, and so on. "Are made known" means are established in a particular way. The context is "he speaks of word-concept." "The mode of excessive existence" refers to the specific excessive existence of the earth element in earth, mountains, and so on. Of the water element in rivers, ocean water, and so on. Of the fire element in masses of fire. Of the wind element in masses of wind. Thus, excessive A special state of being. Transformation is change in various ways, thus it is said, "in such and such a manner of transformation." The designation of earth, mountain, etc., does not arise based on a fixed form. There is no fixed form like "earth is of such a shape," or "a mountain is of such a shape." The designation is established merely by the occurrence of piles and heaps of dust and rocks, thus it is said, "for here, form is not primary." "Only wood, etc., are called" They are called by various designations due to their various forms. As in earth, mountain, river, ocean, etc., in the manner of various states of elements, thus it is said, "for here, aggregation is not primary." "Conventional designation based on clinging" is a designation made by taking the five aggregates and phenomena as a basis, making them non-separate and unified. It is not a designation made apart from these aggregates, like the designation of space or the designation of directions. "Because" means from which aspect. "Having attained manifestation" means having attained illumination. "Of the day" means of the daytime. Bloated corpses, etc., even when one contemplates them as repulsive, saying "a bloated corpse is repulsive," the sign that appears appears in the manner of a modification of elements, and thus it is included among the signs of elements. "In the commentary" means in the Puggalapaññatti commentary. "Of those" means of those conventional designations of earth, mountain, etc. "In such and such a manner" means by this or that designation, saying "this is earth," "this is a mountain," etc. "Shadow of meanings" means the shadow of ultimate realities. "Shadow" also refers to the shadows of signs. "Manner of shadows of meanings" is the manner of shadows of meanings. "Manner" also refers to the manner of various aggregates, various forms, etc. Or "meaning" is the verbal meaning denoted by a word. That very meaning is called "manner of shadows of meanings" because it is merely a sign of the manner of aggregates, etc. This meaning is shown by "by what is called the denoted by a word," etc. "In the manner of a reflection of a substance" means in the manner of a reflection called a substance. "Having hung down" means having depended. "Having made it subject to counting" means "this is one meaning, this is one thing." becomes, having made it subject to enumeration thus. "These six" means these usages of the designation "six" are indeed naming, etc. "In oneself" means in oneself, reckoned as a noun. The meaning is that it proceeds, being indeed the sphere of meaning, for those who know the language. "When there is a name" means when a noun exists, when it is said thus: a group of letters is a word, a group of words is a sentence. "For those who grasp it" means for those people who grasp that particular noun by way of memorizing it. "Their meanings" means the meanings of that particular noun. "They come indeed" means they come indeed facing the knowledge of those who know the language. By this, it shows that the naming of meaning in oneself is indeed the function of illuminating the meaning. "The knowledge of those who hear" - here, "knowledge" is an indicative word, because even unwholesome consciousness is intended. "It directs it towards that particular meaning" means it directs it by way of making it an object. "By way of taking a name" means by way of taking a name thus: "Let this be named so-and-so." "It is held" means it is held, having made it not forgotten, even for a lifetime. The meaning is extracted and said by this, therefore it is "nirutti" (etymology/explanation). "By this" means by this kind of name, being the instrument. "In the unknown aspect" means in the unknown aspect at the time the noun is not heard. "Having extracted from that" means having extracted from the unknown aspect by knowledge. "It is told" means that, at the time of hearing, it is explained and made known to the hearer by the speaker. "Of the meaning" means of the meaning existing in the unknown aspect. "Or of this" means indeed of the noun itself. And "noun" (nāmapada) is said here to include a verb, a prefix, a particle, and a nominal stem. "Of those that are qualifiers" means indeed the meanings of the compound words in a bahuvrīhi compound are qualifiers. Thus, of those that are qualifiers. "Of the person" means of the person who has attained supernormal powers, being the referent of the bahuvrīhi compound. "They say" is said with Acariya Ānanda in view. For he says thus in the Mūlaṭīkā on the explanation of the pair of designations in the Dhammasaṅgaṇī. "Its state of being" means akkh Understand the state of being a word or a phrase. "Assa" is by means of a name-concept. The analysis is: "Letter, word, and phrase should be its range and object." "Anusārena" means by following. "Lokasaṅketa nimmitā" means brought about by the knowledge of worldly convention. "Lokasaṅketaññāṇaṃ" is the knowledge that knows the worldly perception, such as "this name is the name of this meaning, and this meaning is the meaning of this name," previously established. "Atīta saddamattārammaṇā" means making only the past sound, which has ceased after becoming an object of the ear-consciousness process. "Tena vuttavacane" means in the word "I renounce the training" spoken by that monk who renounces the training. The connection is: present sound by the ear-consciousness process, and past sound by the mind-consciousness process. "Tāni akkharāni" means the component letters in the statement "I renounce the training." "Ayaṃ akkhara samūho" means "this is a name-word," it is said. Of this meaning. "Vinicchayavīthiṃ" means the path of discerning letters and words. "Ekakkhare sadde" means in a single-letter concept-sound like "go" etc. "Yā" is a name-concept. "Vadantassa manasā" is the connection. "Pubbabhāge" means, when one wishes to speak any meaning to others, one first determines the name of that meaning by the mind-door process and then speaks. That name, established by the mind of the speaker in the prior part, is called a name-concept. Sequential telling is telling the order of occurrence. "Vuttaṃ" means said in the commentaries. Similarly, "addhamattika" is also said, is the connection. "Vuttaṃ" also means said in grammar texts. In the verse. "Mattā" is called a single lightning-flash moment. "One mātrā of which" is "ekamatto" (having one mātrā). "Dīghamuccate" means it is called "long." "Pluto" means "paruto," which is sounded or sung in various ways. That very "paruto," having changed 'r' to 'l' and made vowel elision in 'p', is called "pluto." It is said to be "gīta" (sung). "Paramattha saddasaṅghāṭānaṃ" means succession. of the ultimate sound-aggregates that have arisen. “Hundreds of thousands of crores of thoughts” means hundreds of thousands of crores of thoughts together with bhavanga-thoughts in between the javana-thought processes. The Elucidation of the Patthana Method is finished. The Elucidation of the Collection of Conditions is finished. 9. The Elucidation of the Collection of Meditation Subjects In the Collection of Meditation Subjects. “Vidito viññāto nāmarūpa vibhāgo yenāti viggaho” means that by which the distinction of mind-and-matter is known and understood. Yogī is the practitioner. “Kilese sametī” means he calms down defilements such as sensual desire, the hindrances. “Tathā pavatto” means he is engaged in development, or engaged in calming. “Tāyā” means by that development-wisdom, the connection is “seeing.” “Passitaṃ” means observed. How is the yogic practice, such as kasiṇa development, itself one’s own support? It is said, “of the beginning, middle, and end,” and so on. In the Vibhāvanī commentary. “Padaṭṭhānatāyā” by this it explains that that which stands and does not turn back, that by which it proceeds, is a support (ṭhāna), so padaṭṭhāna itself is called ṭhāna. “Sukhavisesānaṃ” means the special joys of jhana-joy, path-joy, and fruition-joy. “Dasakasiṇānī” and so on, to show the meaning in two ways, either primarily or metaphorically, “the ten kasiṇas” and so on is said. “Sesānipi” means the remaining meditation subjects