[1759] S. Is the concentration (samādhi) that is without thought-conception (avitakka), with discursive thought only (vicāramatta), an intermediate stage of jhāna (jhānantarikā)?
P. Yes.
S. Is the concentration that has thought-conception (savitakka) and has discursive thought (savicāra) an intermediate stage of jhāna?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is the concentration that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, an intermediate stage of jhāna?
P. Yes.
S. Is the concentration that is without thought-conception and without discursive thought (avicāra) an intermediate stage of jhāna?
P. It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.