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Six kinds of Sadda-pa¤¤atti
1 Vijjamàna-pa¤¤atti (real concept)
When a name is given to something which exists in reality,
then that name is called ‘vijjamàna-pa¤¤atti’. All the names
of the ultimate realities (paramatthas) belong to this class;
eg., Råpa, citta, cetasika, vedanà, sa¤¤à, vitakka.
2 Avijjamàna-pa¤¤atti (unreal concept)
When a name is designated to something which does not
exist in reality, then that name is called ‘avijjamàna-pa¤¤atti’.
All the names of things which are not ultimate realities
belong to this class;
eg., Man, dog, house, school, hill, cave.
3 Vijjamànena-avijjamàna-pa¤¤atti (real and unreal concept)
It is a sadda-pa¤¤atti which makes known a compound name
formed by combining a real concept with an unreal concept;
eg., Chaëàbhi¤¤à – a possessor of six super-knowledge.
In this compound name, ‘sixfold abhi¤¤à’ is a real
concept while ‘possessor’ is an unreal concept since it is a
name given to the five aggregates.
eg., Te-vijja – a possessor of three vijja-¤àõa.
4 Avijjamànena-vijjamàna-pa¤¤atti (unreal and real concept).
It is a sadda-pa¤¤atti which makes known a compound name
formed by combining an unreal concept with a real concept.
eg., Itthi-sadda – woman’s voice.
The voice does exist as a sound, so it is a real concept.
But ‘woman’ is an unreal concept, because it is a name also
given to the five aggregates.
eg., Itthi-råpaü – woman’s visual feature; Purisa-sadda –
man’s voice.