MN 117 samma saṅkappo = vitakka (of first jhana)

MN 117 samma saṅkappo = vitakka (of first jhana)

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo?	And what is right resolve that is noble, undefiled, transcendent, a factor of the path?
Yo kho, bhikkhave,	monks, for one of
ariya-cittassa	noble mind
an-āsava-cittassa	and undefiled mind,
ariya-magga-sam-aṅgino	who possesses the noble path
ariya-maggaṃ bhāvayato	and develops the noble path.

[right resolve is] 

takko	thinking,
vi-takko	Directed-thinking,
saṅkappo	resolve,
appanā	applying,
By-appanā	strong-applying,
cetaso abhiniropanā	mind being implanted, [inculcate, apply, fixed]
Vacī-saṅ-khāro—	verbal-co-doings

MN 117 an-aasava sankappo, almost exactly same as Te Ab first jhana gloss V&V, except for vaci-sankharo not there. This sutta considered in conjunction with MN 78, which explicitly says kusala sankappa doesn’t cease until 2nd jhana, means kusala sankappa, i.e. the samma sankappa of MN 117 right here is ACTIVE in first jhana. Takko especially, is even more discursive and brain energy intensive than vitakka.

B. Analayo

Note that B. Analayo ignores the explicit and obvious from above, and instead mines the marginal cetaso abhiniropanā definition of MN 117 above to support his unsupportable view that first jhana V&V means initial and sustained attention (as in Vism. redefinition of jhana).