Visuddhimagga IV-196

Catutthanti gaṇanānupubbatā catutthaṃ.

第四 ── 照数目的次第为第四;

Ñ(IV,196): Fourth: it is fourth in numerical series;



Idaṃ catutthaṃ samāpajjatītipi catutthaṃ.

或以入定在第四为第四。

Ñ: and it is fourth because it is entered upon fourth.



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