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and bodily nutriment^ — this is that form which is not, etc. [711] What is that form which is the faculty of hearing . . . smell . . . taste . . . body-sensibility? The . . .^ body, that is to say, the sentient principle, which is derived from the four Great Phenomena . . . this that is ' an empty village ' — this is that form which is the faculty of . . . body-sensibility. [712] What is that form which is not the faculty of . . . body-sensibility ? The sphere of vision . . . and bodily nutriment — this is that form which is not, etc. [713] What is that form which is femininity (lit., the female faculty or potentiality) ?^ That which is of the female, feminine in appearance, characteristics, occupation, and deportment, feminine in condition and being — this is that form which is femininity. [713a] What is that form which is not femininity? The sphere of vision . . . and bodily nutriment — this is that form which is not, etc.* [714] What is that form which is masculinity ? That which is of the male, masculine in appearance, characteristics, occupation, and deportment, masculine in •condition and being — this is that form which is mascu- linity. [715] What is that form which is not masculinity? Answer as in § 71Sa.^ ^ I.e., answer as in § 596, omitting the first item, and inserting * the sphere of the tangible.' 2 See §§ 601, 605, 609, 613. ^ gee §§ 633-635. * [713a] is inadvertently omitted in the printed text. ^ §§ 713a, 715, and 717 are presumably identical with § 596, with the successive omission of the term excluded by each question, and with the insertion always of ' the sphere of the tangible.' 217 [716] What is that form which is (the faculty of) vitality ? The persistence of these corporeal states, their subsist- ence, their going on, their being kept going on, their progress, continuance, preservation, life, life as faculty — this is that form which is (the faculty of) vitality. [717] What is that form which is not (the faculty of) vitality ? Ansiver as in § 713a. [Intimation (v i fi li a 1 1 i) .] [718] What is that form which is bodily intimation ? Answer as in § 636. [719] What is that form which is not bodily intimation ? The sphere of vision . . . and bodily nutriment — this is that form which is bodily intimation. [720] What is that form which is vocal intimation ? Answer as in § 637. [721] What is that form which is not vocal intimation ? The sphere of vision . . . and bodily nutriment — this is that form which is not, etc.^ [Space and jiuid.Y [722] What is that form which is the element of space ? That which is space and belongs to space, is sky, belongs to sky, is vacuum, belongs to vacuum, and is not in contact with the four Great Phenomena — this is that form which is the element of space. ^ Again, in these two negative categories, § 596 is pre- sumably followed with corresponding omissions and inser- tion. See p. 209, note 1. ^ Cf. with §§ 638, 652. 218 [723] "What is that form which is not the element of space ? Answer as § 721. [724] What is that form which is the element of fluidity ? That which is fluid and belongs to fluid, that which is viscid and belongs to viscid ; the cohesiveness of form — this is that form which is the element of fluidity. [725] What is that form which is not the element of fluidity ? Answer as m § 721. [Modes of form.] [726] What is that form which is lightness of form ? That lightness of form which is its capacity for changing easily, its freedom from sluggishness and inertia — this is that form which is lightness of form. [727] What is that form which is not lightness of form ? The sphere of vision . . . and bodily nutriment — this is that form which is not lightness of form. [728-731] Questions on the other two modes of form ' plasticity ' and * wieldiness ' are answered hy the descrip- tions given in §§ 640, 641. The corresj)onding contradictory terms are described in the same terms as in § 727, viz, : as in § 596, ivith the omissions and insertion as indicated on p, 216, n. 5. [Evolution of fo7in.] [732] What is that form which is the integration of form? That which is accumulation of form is the integration of form — this is that form which is, etc. [733] What is that form which is not the integration of form ? 219 The sphere of vision . . . and bodily nutriment — this is that form which is not, etc. [734-737] Questions on the ' subsistence,' ' decay,' and ' impermanence ' of form and their contradictories are ansivered analogously icith those in the group on ' Modes of form,' the three positives being described as in §§ 642-645. [Nutiition.] [740] What is that form which is bodily nutriment ? This is answered as in § 646. [741] What is that form which is not bodily nutriment ? The sphere of vision . . . and the impermanence of form — this is that form which is not bodily nutriment. Such are the Categories of Form under Dual Aspects. [End of] the Exposition of the Pairs. [Chapter III. Categories of Form under Triple Aspects. Exposition of the Triplets.]^ [742-744] What is that form which is (i.) personal^ and derived? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and derived ? The sphere of visible form . . . and bodily nutriment.^ (iii.) external and not derived ? The sphere of the tangible and the fluid element. [745-747] What is that form which is (i.) personal and the issue of grasping ? The spheres of the five senses. ^ To lighten the tedium to the reader of looking through this lengthy analysis of form considered as of the self or of the not-self taken in combination with the presence or absence of some other attribute, I have attempted a mode of grouping the triplets. I have also curtailed each answer of that constant feature, the concluding affirmation, termed in the Cy. (p. 55) the appana. Cf. preceding answers. '^ Ajjhattikam. The word 'personal' corresponds more strictly perhaps to puggalikam, but it is less cumbrous than 'of,' or 'belonging to, the self,' while it is, at the same time, not an incorrect rendering. See p. 207, n. 1. •^ This presumably still refers to § 596, which these two first answers may be held to exhaust between them, with- out the insertion of ' the sphere of the tangible,' which comes under (iii.). Cf. the preceding chapter. 221 (ii.) external and the issue of grasping ? Femininity, masculinity, vitality, or whatever other form exists through karma having been wrought, whether it be in the spheres of visible form, odour, taste, or the tangible, in the spatial or the fluid element, in the integration or subsistence of form, or in bodily nutriment.^ (iii.) external and not the issue of grasping ? The sphere of sound, bodily and vocal intimation, the lightness, plasticity, wieldiness, decay, and impermanence of form, or whatever other form exists which is not due to karma having been wrought, whether it be in the spheres of visible form,^ odour, taste, or the tangible, in the spatial or the fluid element, etc. [continue as in ii.]. [748-750] What is that form which is (i.) personal and both the issue of grasping and Javour- able to grasping .^ (ii.) external and both the issue of grasping and favour- able to grasping ? (iii.) external and not the issue of grasping but favourable to grasping ? The answers are identical ivith those in the jweceding triplet^ taken in order. ^ [751^753] What is that form which is (i.) personal and invisible ? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and visible ? The sphere of visible form. (iii.) external and invisible ? The sphere of sound . . . and bodily nutriment* 1 C/. §§ 653, 654. 2 Saddayatanam, here repeated in the printed text, is omitted in K. ^ In § 750 read kammassa before katatta. * Fill up from § 596 as before. 222 [754-756] What is that form which is (i.) personal and reacting (imping eing) ?'^ The spheres of the five senses, (ii.) external and impingeing ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects, (iii.) external and non-imping eing .^^ Sex^ . . . and bodily nutriment. [757-759] What is that form which is (i.) personal and a faculty .^ The five faculties of sense. (ii.) extei'nal and a faculty ? Sex and vitality. (iii.) external and not a faculty ? The sphere of visible form . . . and bodily nutriment.* [760-762] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not one of the Great Phenomena ? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.