[293] Is what is not the eye (cakkhu) not a sense base (āyatana)?
Setting aside the eye, the remaining sense bases are not the eye, but are sense bases; setting aside the eye and the sense bases, the rest are neither the eye nor sense bases.
Is what is not a sense base not the eye base (cakkhāyatana)?
Yes (āmantā).
Is what is not the ear (sota) not a sense base?
Setting aside the ear, … setting aside the nose (ghāna), setting aside the tongue (jivhā), … nor sense bases.
Is what is not the body (kāya) not a sense base?
Yes.[1]
Is what is not a sense base not the body base (kāyāyatana)?
Yes.
Is what is not form (rūpa) not a sense base?
Setting aside form, … setting aside sound (sadda), setting aside smell (gandha), setting aside taste (rasa), setting aside the tangible object (phoṭṭhabba), … nor sense bases.
Is what is not mind (mano) not a sense base?
Setting aside mind, the remaining sense bases are not mind, but are sense bases; setting aside mind and the sense bases, the rest are neither mind nor sense bases.
Is what is not a sense base not the mind base (manāyatana)?
Yes.
Is what is not dhamma not a sense base?
Yes.
Is what is not a sense base not the dhamma base (dhammāyatana)?
Yes.
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[1] [Siam Raṭṭha edition footnote:] Here too the exposition (niddesa) does not accord with the outline (uddesa); the intention therein should be understood in just the way stated in the commentary on the Khandhayamaka.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.