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Lakkhaṇasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 3।2

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.2

Numbered Discourses 3.2
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1। बालवग्गbā·la·vag·ga

1. Bālavagga

1. Fools
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लक्खणसुत्तlak·kha·ṇa·sut·ta

Lakkhaṇasutta

Characteristics
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“कम्मलक्खणो,kam·ma·lak·kha·ṇo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve बालो,bā·lo कम्मलक्खणोkam·ma·lak·kha·ṇo पण्डितो,paṇ·ḍi·to अपदानसोभनीa·pa·dā·na·so·bha·nī पञ्ञाति।pañ·ñā·ti

“Kammalakkhaṇo, bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhaṇo paṇḍito, apadānasobhanī paññāti.

“A fool is characterized by their deeds, and an astute person is characterized by their deeds, for wisdom shines in its traces.
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तीहि,tī·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to बालोbā·lo वेदितब्बो।ve·di·tab·bo

Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo.

A fool is known by three things.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi तीहि?tī·hi

Katamehi tīhi?

What three?
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कायदुच्चरितेन,kā·ya·duc·ca·ri·te·na वचीदुच्चरितेन,va·cī·duc·ca·ri·te·na मनोदुच्चरितेन।ma·no·duc·ca·ri·te·na

Kāyaduccaritena, vacīduccaritena, manoduccaritena.

Bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीहिtī·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to बालोbā·lo वेदितब्बो।ve·di·tab·bo

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo.

These are the three things by which a fool is known.
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तीहि,tī·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to पण्डितोpaṇ·ḍi·to वेदितब्बो।ve·di·tab·bo

Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo.

An astute person is known by three things.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi तीहि?tī·hi

Katamehi tīhi?

What three?
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कायसुचरितेन,kā·ya·su·ca·ri·te·na वचीसुचरितेन,va·cī·su·ca·ri·te·na मनोसुचरितेन।ma·no·su·ca·ri·te·na

Kāyasucaritena, vacīsucaritena, manosucaritena.

Good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीहिtī·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to पण्डितोpaṇ·ḍi·to वेदितब्बो।ve·di·tab·bo

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo.

These are the three things by which an astute person is known.
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तस्मातिह,tas·mā·ti·ha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एवंe·vaṃ सिक्खितब्बं:sik·khi·tab·baṃ

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:

So you should train like this:
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‘येहिye·hi तीहिtī·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to बालोbā·lo वेदितब्बोve·di·tab·bo तेte तयोta·yo धम्मेdham·me अभिनिवज्जेत्वा,a·bhi·ni·vaj·jet·vā येहिye·hi तीहिtī·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to पण्डितोpaṇ·ḍi·to वेदितब्बोve·di·tab·bo तेte तयोta·yo धम्मेdham·me समादायsa·mā·dā·ya वत्तिस्सामा’ति।vat·tis·sā·mā

‘yehi tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo veditabbo te tayo dhamme abhinivajjetvā, yehi tīhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito veditabbo te tayo dhamme samādāya vattissāmā’ti.

‘We will shun the three things by which a fool is known, and we will proceed having undertaken the three things by which an astute person is known.’
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।sik·khi·tab·ban

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

That’s how you should train.”
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(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.