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Dakkhiṇasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 4।78

Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.78

Numbered Discourses 4.78
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8। अपण्णकवग्गa·paṇ·ṇa·ka·vag·ga

8. Apaṇṇakavagga

8. Sure Bet
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दक्खिणसुत्तdak·khi·ṇa·sut·ta

Dakkhiṇasutta

A Religious Donation
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“चतस्सोca·tas·so इमा,i·mā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā विसुद्धियो।vi·sud·dhi·yo

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā visuddhiyo.

“Mendicants, there are these four ways of purifying a religious donation.
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कतमाka·ta·mā चतस्सो?ca·tas·so

Katamā catasso?

What four?
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अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno पटिग्गाहकतो;pa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to

Atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato;

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the giver, not the recipient.
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अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā पटिग्गाहकतोpa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno दायकतो;dā·ya·ka·to

atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato;

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the recipient, not the giver.
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अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā नेवne·va दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno पटिग्गाहकतो;pa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to

atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato;

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by neither the giver nor the recipient.
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अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to चेवce·va विसुज्झतिvi·suj·jha·ti पटिग्गाहकतोpa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to च।ca

atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca.

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by both the giver and the recipient.
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कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno पटिग्गाहकतो?pa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato?

And how is a religious donation purified by the giver, not the recipient?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दायकोdā·ya·ko होतिho·ti सीलवाsī·la·vā कल्याणधम्मो;kal·yā·ṇa·dham·mo पटिग्गाहकाpa·ṭig·gā·ha·kā होन्तिhon·ti दुस्सीलाdus·sī·lā पापधम्मा।pā·pa·dham·mā

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo; paṭiggāhakā honti dussīlā pāpadhammā.

It’s when the giver is ethical, of good character, but the recipient is unethical, of bad character.
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno पटिग्गाहकतो।pa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato.

(Pāli only)
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कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā पटिग्गाहकतोpa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno दायकतो?dā·ya·ka·to

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato?

And how is a religious donation purified by the recipient, not the giver?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दायकोdā·ya·ko होतिho·ti दुस्सीलोdus·sī·lo पापधम्मो;pā·pa·dham·mo पटिग्गाहकाpa·ṭig·gā·ha·kā होन्तिhon·ti सीलवन्तोsī·la·van·to कल्याणधम्मा।kal·yā·ṇa·dham·mā

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo; paṭiggāhakā honti sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā.

It’s when the giver is unethical, of bad character, but the recipient is ethical, of good character.
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā पटिग्गाहकतोpa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno दायकतो।dā·ya·ka·to

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato.

(Pāli only)
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कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā नेवne·va दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno पटिग्गाहकतो?pa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato?

And how is a religious donation purified by neither the giver nor the recipient?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दायकोdā·ya·ko होतिho·ti दुस्सीलोdus·sī·lo पापधम्मो;pā·pa·dham·mo पटिग्गाहकापिpa·ṭig·gā·ha·kā·pi होन्तिhon·ti दुस्सीलाdus·sī·lā पापधम्मा।pā·pa·dham·mā

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo; paṭiggāhakāpi honti dussīlā pāpadhammā.

It’s when both the giver and the recipient are unethical, of bad character.
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā नेवne·va दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti नोno पटिग्गाहकतो।pa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato.

(Pāli only)
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कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to चेवce·va विसुज्झतिvi·suj·jha·ti पटिग्गाहकतोpa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to च?ca

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca?

And how is a religious donation purified by both the giver and the recipient?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दायकोdā·ya·ko होतिho·ti सीलवाsī·la·vā कल्याणधम्मो;kal·yā·ṇa·dham·mo पटिग्गाहकापिpa·ṭig·gā·ha·kā·pi होन्तिhon·ti सीलवन्तोsī·la·van·to कल्याणधम्मा।kal·yā·ṇa·dham·mā

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo; paṭiggāhakāpi honti sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā.

It’s when both the giver and the recipient are ethical, of good character.
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā दायकतोdā·ya·ka·to चेवce·va विसुज्झतिvi·suj·jha·ti पटिग्गाहकतोpa·ṭig·gā·ha·ka·to च।ca

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca.

(Pāli only)
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इमाi·mā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चतस्सोca·tas·so दक्खिणाdak·khi·ṇā विसुद्धियो”ति।vi·sud·dhi·yo

Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso dakkhiṇā visuddhiyo”ti.

These are the four ways of purifying a religious donation.”
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अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

Aṭṭhamaṁ.

(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.