7. Lakkhaṇakathāvaṇṇanā

400. Idāni lakkhaṇakathā nāma hoti. Tattha ‘‘yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavantī’’ti (dī. ni. 1.258) imaṃ suttaṃ ayoniso gahetvā lakkhaṇasamannāgato bodhisattova hotīti yesaṃ laddhi, seyyathāpi etarahi uttarāpathakānaṃ; te sandhāya pucchā sakavādissa, paṭiññā itarassa.

Cakkavattisattoti pañhesu yasmā cakkavattī sattopi ca bodhisattopi, tasmā abodhisattaṃ sandhāya paṭikkhipati. Bodhisattaṃ sandhāya paṭijānāti.

402. Dvattiṃsimānītisuttaṃ bodhisattameva sandhāya vuttaṃ. So hi pacchime bhave buddho hoti, itaresu cakkavattī, tasmā ābhatampi anābhatasadisamevāti.

Lakkhaṇakathāvaṇṇanā.