[1441] S. Are the latent tendencies (anusayā) without root (ahetuka)?
P. Yes.
S. Are they form (rūpa), Nibbāna, the eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana)?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is the latent tendency of sensual lust (kāmarāgānusaya) without root?
P. Yes.
S. Are sensual lust (kāmarāga), the obsession of sensual lust (kāmarāga-pariyuṭṭhāna), the fetter of sensual lust (kāmarāga-saññojana) … the hindrance of sensual desire (kāmacchanda-nīvaraṇa) without root?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Are sensual lust, the obsession of sensual lust … the hindrance of sensual desire with root (sahetuka)?
P. Yes.
S. Is the latent tendency of sensual lust with root?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is the latent tendency of repulsion (paṭighānusaya) … the latent tendency of conceit (mānānusaya), the latent tendency of views (diṭṭhānusaya), the latent tendency of doubt (vicikicchānusaya), the latent tendency of lust for existence (bhavarāgānusaya) … the latent tendency of ignorance (avijjānusaya) without root?
P. Yes.
S. Are ignorance (avijjā), the flood of ignorance (avijjogha), the yoke of ignorance (avijjāyoga), the obsession of ignorance (avijjā-pariyuṭṭhāna), the fetter of ignorance (avijjā-saññojana), the hindrance of ignorance (avijjā-nīvaraṇa) without root?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Are ignorance, the flood of ignorance … the hindrance of ignorance with root?
P. Yes.
S. Is the latent tendency of ignorance with root?
P. It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.