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Appameyyasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 3।115

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.115

Numbered Discourses 3.115
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12। आपायिकवग्गā·pā·yi·ka·vag·ga

12. Āpāyikavagga

12. Bound for Loss
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अप्पमेय्यसुत्तap·pa·mey·ya·sut·ta

Appameyyasutta

Immeasurable
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“तयोमे,ta·yo·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā सन्तोsan·to संविज्जमानाsaṃ·vij·ja·mā·nā लोकस्मिं।lo·kas·miṃ

“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.

“Mendicants, these three individuals are found in the world.
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कतमेka·ta·me तयो?ta·yo

Katame tayo?

What three?
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सुप्पमेय्यो,sup·pa·mey·yo दुप्पमेय्यो,dup·pa·mey·yo अप्पमेय्यो।ap·pa·mey·yo

Suppameyyo, duppameyyo, appameyyo.

Someone easy to measure, someone hard to measure, and someone who is immeasurable.
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कतमोka·ta·mo च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo सुप्पमेय्यो?sup·pa·mey·yo

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo suppameyyo?

And who is the individual easy to measure?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चोe·kac·co पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo उद्धतोud·dha·to होतिho·ti उन्नळोun·na·ḷo चपलोca·pa·lo मुखरोmu·kha·ro विकिण्णवाचोvi·kiṇ·ṇa·vā·co मुट्ठस्सतिmuṭ·ṭhas·sa·ti असम्पजानोa·sam·pa·jā·no असमाहितोa·sa·mā·hi·to विब्भन्तचित्तोvib·bhan·ta·cit·to पाकतिन्द्रियो।pā·ka·tin·dri·yo

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo uddhato hoti unnaḷo capalo mukharo vikiṇṇavāco muṭṭhassati asampajāno asamāhito vibbhantacitto pākatindriyo.

It’s an individual who is haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, loose-tongued, unmindful, lacking situational awareness and immersion, with straying mind and undisciplined faculties.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo सुप्पमेय्यो।sup·pa·mey·yo

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo suppameyyo.

This is called ‘an individual easy to measure’.
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कतमोka·ta·mo च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo दुप्पमेय्यो?dup·pa·mey·yo

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo duppameyyo?

And who is the individual hard to measure?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चोe·kac·co पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo अनुद्धतोa·nud·dha·to होतिho·ti अनुन्नळोa·nun·na·ḷo अचपलोa·ca·pa·lo अमुखरोa·mu·kha·ro अविकिण्णवाचोa·vi·kiṇ·ṇa·vā·co उपट्ठितस्सतिu·paṭ·ṭhi·tas·sa·ti सम्पजानोsam·pa·jā·no समाहितोsa·mā·hi·to एकग्गचित्तोe·kag·ga·cit·to संवुतिन्द्रियो।saṃ·vu·tin·dri·yo

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo anuddhato hoti anunnaḷo acapalo amukharo avikiṇṇavāco upaṭṭhitassati sampajāno samāhito ekaggacitto saṁvutindriyo.

It’s an individual who is not haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, or loose-tongued. They have established mindfulness, situational awareness and immersion, with unified mind and restrained faculties.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo दुप्पमेय्यो।dup·pa·mey·yo

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo duppameyyo.

This is called ‘an individual hard to measure’.
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कतमोka·ta·mo च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo अप्पमेय्यो?ap·pa·mey·yo

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo appameyyo?

And who is the immeasurable individual?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu अरहंa·ra·haṃ होतिho·ti खीणासवो।khī·ṇā·sa·vo

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ hoti khīṇāsavo.

It’s a mendicant who is perfected, and has ended defilements.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo अप्पमेय्यो।ap·pa·mey·yo

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo appameyyo.

This is called ‘an immeasurable individual’.
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इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तयोta·yo पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā सन्तोsan·to संविज्जमानाsaṃ·vij·ja·mā·nā लोकस्मिन्”ति।lo·kas·min

Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

These are the three individuals found in the world.”
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ततियं।ta·ti·yaṃ

Tatiyaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.