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Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 7।44

Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.44

Numbered Discourses 7.44
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5। महायञ्ञवग्गma·hā·yañ·ña·vag·ga

5. Mahāyaññavagga

5. A Great Sacrifice
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सत्तविञ्ञाणट्ठितिसुत्तsat·ta·viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti·sut·ta

Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta

Planes of Consciousness
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“सत्तिमा,sat·ti·mā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve विञ्ञाणट्ठितियो।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti·yo

“Sattimā, bhikkhave, viññāṇaṭṭhitiyo.

“Mendicants, there are these seven planes of consciousness.
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कतमाka·ta·mā सत्त?sat·ta

Katamā satta?

What seven?
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā नानत्तकायाnā·nat·ta·kā·yā नानत्तसञ्ञिनो,nā·nat·ta·sañ·ñi·no सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi मनुस्सा,ma·nus·sā एकच्चेe·kac·ce चca देवा,de·vā एकच्चेe·kac·ce चca विनिपातिका।vi·ni·pā·ti·kā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā nānattakāyā nānattasaññino, seyyathāpi manussā, ekacce ca devā, ekacce ca vinipātikā.

There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and diverse in perception, such as human beings, some gods, and some beings in the underworld.
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अयंa·yaṃ पठमाpa·ṭha·mā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ paṭhamā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the first plane of consciousness.
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā नानत्तकायाnā·nat·ta·kā·yā एकत्तसञ्ञिनो,e·kat·ta·sañ·ñi·no सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi देवाde·vā ब्रह्मकायिकाbrah·ma·kā·yi·kā पठमाभिनिब्बत्ता।pa·ṭha·mā·bhi·nib·bat·tā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā nānattakāyā ekattasaññino, seyyathāpi devā brahmakāyikā paṭhamābhinibbattā.

There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and unified in perception, such as the gods reborn in the Divinity’s host through the first absorption.
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अयंa·yaṃ दुतियाdu·ti·yā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ dutiyā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the second plane of consciousness.
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā एकत्तकायाe·kat·ta·kā·yā नानत्तसञ्ञिनो,nā·nat·ta·sañ·ñi·no सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi देवाde·vā आभस्सरा।ā·bhas·sa·rā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā ekattakāyā nānattasaññino, seyyathāpi devā ābhassarā.

There are sentient beings that are unified in body and diverse in perception, such as the gods of sublime luminosity.
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अयंa·yaṃ ततियाta·ti·yā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ tatiyā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the third plane of consciousness.
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā एकत्तकायाe·kat·ta·kā·yā एकत्तसञ्ञिनो,e·kat·ta·sañ·ñi·no सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi देवाde·vā सुभकिण्हा।su·bha·kiṇ·hā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā ekattakāyā ekattasaññino, seyyathāpi devā subhakiṇhā.

There are sentient beings that are unified in body and unified in perception, such as the gods of universal beauty.
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अयंa·yaṃ चतुत्थाca·tut·thā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ catutthā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the fourth plane of consciousness.
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā सब्बसोsab·ba·so रूपसञ्ञानंrū·pa·sañ·ñā·naṃ समतिक्कमाsa·ma·tik·ka·mā पटिघसञ्ञानंpa·ṭi·gha·sañ·ñā·naṃ अत्थङ्गमाat·thaṅ·ga·mā नानत्तसञ्ञानंnā·nat·ta·sañ·ñā·naṃ अमनसिकाराa·ma·na·si·kā·rā ‘अनन्तोa·nan·to आकासो’तिā·kā·so आकासानञ्चायतनूपगा।ā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·nū·pa·gā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanūpagā.

There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond perceptions of form. With the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite space.
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अयंa·yaṃ पञ्चमाpañ·ca·mā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ pañcamā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the fifth plane of consciousness.
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā सब्बसोsab·ba·so आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma ‘अनन्तंa·nan·taṃ विञ्ञाणन्’तिviñ·ñā·ṇan विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनूपगा।viñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·nū·pa·gā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanūpagā.

There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite consciousness.
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अयंa·yaṃ छट्ठाchaṭ·ṭhā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ chaṭṭhā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the sixth plane of consciousness.
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सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā सब्बसोsab·ba·so विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनंviñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma ‘नत्थिnat·thi किञ्ची’तिkiñ·cī आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनूपगा।ā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·nū·pa·gā

Santi, bhikkhave, sattā sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanūpagā.

There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness. Aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they have been reborn in the dimension of nothingness.
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अयंa·yaṃ सत्तमाsat·ta·mā विञ्ञाणट्ठिति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti

Ayaṁ sattamā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.

This is the seventh plane of consciousness.
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इमाi·mā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्तsat·ta विञ्ञाणट्ठितियो”ति।viñ·ñā·ṇaṭ·ṭhi·ti·yo

Imā kho, bhikkhave, satta viññāṇaṭṭhitiyo”ti.

These are the seven planes of consciousness.”
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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ

Paṭhamaṁ.

(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.