3. Mahāvedallasuttavaṇṇanā

[449] Evamme sutanti mahāvedallasuttaṃ. Tattha āyasmāti sagāravasappatissavacanametaṃ. Mahākoṭṭhitoti tassa therassa nāmaṃ. Paṭisallānā vuṭṭhitoti phalasamāpattito vuṭṭhito. Duppañño duppaññoti ettha paññāya duṭṭhaṃ nāma natthi, appañño nippaññoti attho. Kittāvatā nu khoti kāraṇaparicchedapucchā, kittakena nu kho evaṃ vucacatīti attho. Pucchā ca nāmesā adiṭṭhajotanāpucchā diṭṭhasaṃsandanāpucchā vimaticchedanāpucchā anumatipucchā kathetukāmyatāpucchāti pañcavidhā hoti. Tāsaṃ idaṃ nānākaraṇaṃ:-

"katamā adiṭṭhajotanāpucchā, pakatiyā lakkhaṇaṃ aññātaṃ hoti adiṭṭhaṃ atulitaṃ atīritaṃ avibhūtaṃ avibhāvitaṃ, tassa ñāṇāya dassanāya tulanāya tīraṇāya vibhūtāya vibhāvanatthāya pañhaṃ pucchati, ayaṃ adiṭṭhajotanāpucchā.

Katamā diṭṭhasaṃsandanāpucchā, pakatiyā lakkhaṇaṃ ñātaṃ hoti diṭṭhaṃ tulitaṃ tīritaṃ vibhūtaṃ vibhāvitaṃ, aññehi paṇḍitehi saddhiṃ saṃsandanatthāya pañhaṃ pucchati. Ayaṃ diṭṭhasaṃsandanāpucchā.