Visuddhimagga VI-28

108. Evaṃ ṭhitena ‘‘tasmiṃ padese pāsāṇaṃ vā…pe… lataṃ vā sanimittaṃ karotī’’ti evaṃ vuttāni samantā nimittāni upalakkhetabbāni.

[PTS 183] 如是站立之人，「那里并有岩石……蔓藤等相」，当依此说考察四方诸相。

Ñ(VI,28): Then he should characterize the surrounding signs in the way stated thus: 'In the place where the bloated sign of foulness has been left he notes any stone ... or creeper there with its sign' (§19).



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