Visuddhimagga XIV-151

472. Adhimuccanaṃ adhimokkho. So sanniṭṭhānalakkhaṇo, asaṃsappanaraso, nicchayapaccupaṭṭhāno, sanniṭṭheyyadhammapadaṭṭhāno, ārammaṇe niccalabhāvena indakhīlo viya daṭṭhabbo.
29)「胜解」等于信解。有确信的特相;有不犹豫的作用;以决定为现状;以确信之法为近因。当知它于所缘有不动的状态,如因陀罗的柱石(indakhīla──界标)。
Ñ(XIV,151): (xxix) The act of resolving is resolution. It has the characteristic of conviction. Its function is not to grope. It is manifested as decisiveness. Its proximate cause is a thing to be convinced about. It should be regarded as like a boundary-post owing to its immovableness with respect to the object.



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