Dear Gabriel,

GBPGU> I am not entirely convinced that sammaa-~naa.na and samma-vi'mutti denote
GBPGU> rather the abilities of the Arahant than the path of the learner, and stem
GBPGU> naturally from jhanas which would themselves stem from sammaa-sam'aa'dhi.
GBPGU> From my limited experience of practitioner, sammaa-~naa.na and the first
GBPGU> jhaana seem narrowly connected, possibly also the 2nd jhaana, but then this
GBPGU> jhaana I have been working on only for a while, and my personal experience
GBPGU> is not strong enough for me to comment wisely. Intellectually, in a
GBPGU> cognitive sense (please pardon me for the paradox here), it seems to me
GBPGU> that jhaana (2) 3 and 4 are related to samma-vi'mutti - but then, this is
GBPGU> only an intuition.

Full picture, including ~naa.na and vimutti, is also
described in detail in the first thirteen suttas of Digha Nikaya
See http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/digha/dn2.html

In my opinion, in this suttas jhanas are followed by abilities,
including the ability to put an end to aasavas (hankerings).

Mettacittena,
Dimitry