[2172] In not-root (na-hetu), four; in not-object (na-ārammaṇa), four; in not-predominance (na-adhipati), four; in not-proximity (na-anantara), four. (Abbreviated.) Everywhere, four; in not-prenascence (na-purejāta), in not-postnascence (na-pacchājāta), in not-repetition (na-āsevana). (Abbreviated.) In not-dissociation (na-vippayutta), four. (Abbreviated.) In not-non-disappearance (no-avigata), four. It should be counted thus.
The negative method (paccanīya).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.