Book V: The Problem of Inference

233:1 Pettike gokare ratâ. That is in the four Sati-patthânas. See the passage quoted below at VII, 1, 7, p. 368 of the Pâli. 234:1 Anuppavattakâ. See below, p. 363 of the Pâli. 234:2 See above, V, 19. 235:1 Importunity, or even attracting attention in any way. See above, p. 229 of the Pâli. 235:2 Compare Sigalovâda Sutta, p. 365, and Dhammapada, verse 49: 'As a bee, injuring not the flower or its colour or its scent, flies away, taking the nectar, so let a sage go through the village.' 235:3 That is the fall of beings from one state of existence--their death in that state in other words--and their rise, their rebirth, in another. 235:4 Gotaka, as a city official, is something akin to torchbearer, lamplighter. 236:1 These are six out of the ten divisions of Vyañgana-vuddhi, mentioned in the verse at Sumangala Vilâsinî I, 177. Hînati-kumburê, p. 501, merely repeats the words. 236:2 Dhamma-rakkhâ, 'dharmikawû âraksha-grahanayehi niyuktawû' in the Simhalese. 236:3 Nidâna-pathana-kusalâ; 'Âpatti gena hœra dœkwîmehi dakshawû,' says the Simhalese. 236:4 One word, vutthâna, is here doubtful. 236:5 See Mahâvagga IX, 4, 9. 10, &c. 236:6 Literally 'skilled in form, shape, beauty.' The Simhalese repeats this ambiguous expression, adding the qualification amâtyayo, 'ministers, officials.' One would think that these would have been the judges, but our author has already made the Arahats the judges in his Dhamma-nagara. This only leaves him some minor official post to give away to those learned in Canon Law, and he has chosen one as unintelligible in Ceylon as it is to me.

237:1 Patipannâ, which Hînati-kumburê takes here to mean Arahats, but see the note above, V, 20 (p. 341 of the Pâli). 237:2 Abhidhamme abhivinaye. A phrase very instructive as to the correct rendering of the much misunderstood word abhidhamma. As I pointed out already in the 'Hibbert Lectures' for 1881, it is a blunder to translate it, as is usually done, by 'metaphysics.' The whole context is taken from the Sangîti Sutta. 238:1 'The ambrosia of the Saddharma,' says Hînati-kumburê, p. 502. 238:2 Dhammâpanikâ. The Simhalese has Dhârmikâpanikayo. 239:1 Dhamma-setthino, which the Simhalese repeats. 239:2 Adhisîla, adhikitta, and adhipaññâ, says Hînati-kumburê. 241:1 It is perhaps such poetical figures as this that have afforded foundation for the legend of Buddha's footprint. 243:1 The Simhalese is here much expanded. 243:2 Mr. Trenckner reads 'Anumâna pañham,' the Simhalese has 'Mahâ Anumâna Prasnayayi.'