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Kappasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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1. 1

   अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 4।156

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.156

   Numbered Discourses 4.156

2. 2

   16। इन्द्रियवग्गin·dri·ya·vag·ga

   16. Indriyavagga

   16. Faculties

3. 3

   कप्पसुत्तkap·pa·sut·ta

   Kappasutta

   Eons

4. 4

   “चत्तारिमानि,cat·tā·ri·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कप्पस्सkap·pas·sa असङ्ख्येय्यानि।a·saṅ·khyey·yā·ni

   “Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, kappassa asaṅkhyeyyāni.

   “Mendicants, an eon contains four uncountable periods.

5. 5

   कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni चत्तारि?cat·tā·ri

   Katamāni cattāri?

   What four?

6. 6

   यदा,ya·dā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कप्पोkap·po संवट्टति,saṃ·vaṭ·ṭa·ti तंtaṃ नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ सङ्खातुं—saṅ·khā·tuṃ

   Yadā, bhikkhave, kappo saṁvaṭṭati, taṁ na sukaraṁ saṅkhātuṁ—

   When an eon contracts, it’s not easy to calculate

7. 7

   एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्सानीतिvas·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतानीतिvas·sa·sa·tā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतसहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·ta·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा।vā

   ettakāni vassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatānīti vā, ettakāni vassasahassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatasahassānīti vā.

   how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.

8. 8

   यदा,ya·dā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कप्पोkap·po संवट्टोsaṃ·vaṭ·ṭo तिट्ठति,tiṭ·ṭha·ti तंtaṃ नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ सङ्खातुं—saṅ·khā·tuṃ

   Yadā, bhikkhave, kappo saṁvaṭṭo tiṭṭhati, taṁ na sukaraṁ saṅkhātuṁ—

   When an eon remains fully contracted, it’s not easy to calculate

9. 9

   एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्सानीतिvas·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतानीतिvas·sa·sa·tā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतसहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·ta·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा।vā

   ettakāni vassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatānīti vā, ettakāni vassasahassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatasahassānīti vā.

   how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.

10. 10

    यदा,ya·dā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कप्पोkap·po विवट्टति,vi·vaṭ·ṭa·ti तंtaṃ नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ सङ्खातुं—saṅ·khā·tuṃ

    Yadā, bhikkhave, kappo vivaṭṭati, taṁ na sukaraṁ saṅkhātuṁ—

    When an eon expands, it’s not easy to calculate

11. 11

    एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्सानीतिvas·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतानीतिvas·sa·sa·tā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतसहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·ta·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा।vā

    ettakāni vassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatānīti vā, ettakāni vassasahassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatasahassānīti vā.

    how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.

12. 12

    यदा,ya·dā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कप्पोkap·po विवट्टोvi·vaṭ·ṭo तिट्ठति,tiṭ·ṭha·ti तंtaṃ नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ सङ्खातुं—saṅ·khā·tuṃ

    Yadā, bhikkhave, kappo vivaṭṭo tiṭṭhati, taṁ na sukaraṁ saṅkhātuṁ—

    When an eon remains fully expanded, it’s not easy to calculate

13. 13

    एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्सानीतिvas·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतानीतिvas·sa·sa·tā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतसहस्सानीतिvas·sa·sa·ta·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा।vā

    ettakāni vassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatānīti vā, ettakāni vassasahassānīti vā, ettakāni vassasatasahassānīti vā.

    how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.

14. 14

    इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारिcat·tā·ri कप्पस्सkap·pas·sa असङ्ख्येय्यानी”ति।a·saṅ·khyey·yā·nī

    Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri kappassa asaṅkhyeyyānī”ti.

    These are the four uncountable periods of an eon.”

15. 15

    छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

    Chaṭṭhaṁ.

    (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.