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Pañhabyākaraṇasutta

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    अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 4।42

    Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.42

    Numbered Discourses 4.42

  2. 2

    5। रोहितस्सवग्गro·hi·tas·sa·vag·ga

    5. Rohitassavagga

    5. With Rohitassa

  3. 3

    पञ्हब्याकरणसुत्तpañ·hab·yā·ka·ra·ṇa·sut·ta

    Pañhabyākaraṇasutta

    Ways of Answering Questions

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    “चत्तारिमानि,cat·tā·ri·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्हब्याकरणानि।pañ·hab·yā·ka·ra·ṇā·ni

    “Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, pañhabyākaraṇāni.

    “Mendicants, there are these four ways of answering questions.

  5. 5

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

    Katamāni cattāri?

    What four?

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    अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्होpañ·ho एकंसब्याकरणीयो;e·kaṃ·sab·yā·ka·ra·ṇī·yo

    Atthi, bhikkhave, pañho ekaṁsabyākaraṇīyo;

    There is a question that should be answered categorically.

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    अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्होpañ·ho विभज्जब्याकरणीयो;vi·bhaj·jab·yā·ka·ra·ṇī·yo

    atthi, bhikkhave, pañho vibhajjabyākaraṇīyo;

    There is a question that should be answered analytically.

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    अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्होpañ·ho पटिपुच्छाब्याकरणीयो;pa·ṭi·puc·chāb·yā·ka·ra·ṇī·yo

    atthi, bhikkhave, pañho paṭipucchābyākaraṇīyo;

    There is a question that should be answered with a counter-question.

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    अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्होpañ·ho ठपनीयो।ṭha·pa·nī·yo

    atthi, bhikkhave, pañho ṭhapanīyo.

    There is a question that should be set aside.

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    इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारिcat·tā·ri पञ्हब्याकरणानीति।pañ·hab·yā·ka·ra·ṇā·nī·ti

    Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri pañhabyākaraṇānīti.

    These are the four ways of answering questions.

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    एकंसवचनंe·kaṃ·sa·va·ca·naṃ एकं,e·kaṃ

    Ekaṁsavacanaṁ ekaṁ,

    One is stated categorically,

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    विभज्जवचनापरं;vi·bhaj·ja·va·ca·nā·pa·raṃ

    vibhajjavacanāparaṁ;

    another analytically,

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    ततियंta·ti·yaṃ पटिपुच्छेय्य,pa·ṭi·puc·chey·ya

    Tatiyaṁ paṭipuccheyya,

    a third with a counter-question,

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    चतुत्थंca·tut·thaṃ पनpa·na ठापये।ṭhā·pa·ye

    catutthaṁ pana ṭhāpaye.

    while a fourth is set aside.

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    योyo चca तेसंte·saṃ तत्थtat·tha तत्थ,tat·tha

    Yo ca tesaṁ tattha tattha,

    That sort of mendicant, <j>who knows each of these,

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    जानातिjā·nā·ti अनुधम्मतं;a·nu·dham·ma·taṃ

    jānāti anudhammataṁ;

    in line with good principles,

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    चतुपञ्हस्सca·tu·pañ·has·sa कुसलो,ku·sa·lo

    Catupañhassa kusalo,

    is said to be skilled

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    आहुā·hu भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ तथाविधं।ta·thā·vi·dhaṃ

    āhu bhikkhuṁ tathāvidhaṁ.

    in the four kinds of questions.

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    दुरासदोdu·rā·sa·do दुप्पसहो,dup·pa·sa·ho

    Durāsado duppasaho,

    They’re intimidating, hard to defeat,

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    गम्भीरोgam·bhī·ro दुप्पधंसियो;dup·pa·dhaṃ·si·yo

    gambhīro duppadhaṁsiyo;

    deep, and hard to crush.

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    अथोa·tho अत्थेat·the अनत्थेa·nat·the च,ca

    Atho atthe anatthe ca,

    They’re expert in both

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    उभयस्सu·bha·yas·sa होतिho·ti कोविदो।ko·vi·do

    ubhayassa hoti kovido.

    what the meaning is and what it isn’t.

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    अनत्थंa·nat·thaṃ परिवज्जेति,pa·ri·vaj·je·ti

    Anatthaṁ parivajjeti,

    Shunning what is not the meaning,

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    अत्थंat·thaṃ गण्हातिgaṇ·hā·ti पण्डितो;paṇ·ḍi·to

    atthaṁ gaṇhāti paṇḍito;

    an astute person grasps the meaning.

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    अत्थाभिसमयाat·thā·bhi·sa·ma·yā धीरो,dhī·ro

    Atthābhisamayā dhīro,

    An attentive one, comprehending the meaning,

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    पण्डितोतिpaṇ·ḍi·to·ti पवुच्चती”ति।pa·vuc·ca·tī

    paṇḍitoti pavuccatī”ti.

    is said to be astute.”

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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.