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‘Olàrika’ means ‘gross or coarse’; ‘sukhuma’ means
‘subtle or fine’. Because of their grossness and
coarseness, the sensitive organs and the five sense
objects can be easily seen or understood. And because
they are easily understood, they are regarded to be close
to the wisdom-mind. So the olàrika-råpas are also called
santike-råpas (santike – near) whereas the sukhuma-råpas
are called dåre-råpas (dåre – far).
Moreover, the sensitive organs and the sense objects
can strike one another – the visual object strikes the
eye-door, the audible sound strikes the ear-door, and
so on. So the 12 olàrika-råpas are also called sappañigharåpas
whereas the 16 sukhuma-råpas are called appañigharåpas.
‘Sappañigha’ literally means ‘with striking‘
whereas ‘appañigha’ means ‘without striking’.
6 Upàdinna-råpa
The 18 kammaja-råpas are called upàdinna-råpas; the rest
are termed anupàdinna-råpas. The 18 råpas produced
by kamma are grasped by the kamma as it’s resultants
in collaboration with craving (taõhà) and false view
(diññhi).
7 Sanidassana-råpa
Råpàrammaõa (vaõõa) is called sanidassana-råpa, because
it can be seen by the eye. The remaining råpas are called
anidassana-råpas, because they cannot be seen by the
eye.
8 Gocaraggàhika-råpa
The five pasàda råpas can take external sense-objects as
pasture. So they are called gocaraggàhika-råpas while the
rest are called agocaraggàhika-råpas.