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Paṭhamadānasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।31

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.31

Numbered Discourses 8.31
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4। दानवग्गdā·na·vag·ga

4. Dānavagga

4. Giving
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पठमदानसुत्तpa·ṭha·ma·dā·na·sut·ta

Paṭhamadānasutta

Giving (1st)
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“अट्ठिमानि,aṭ·ṭhi·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दानानि।dā·nā·ni

“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, dānāni.

“Mendicants, there are these eight gifts.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni अट्ठ?aṭ·ṭha

Katamāni aṭṭha?

What eight?
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आसज्जā·saj·ja दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

Āsajja dānaṁ deti,

Someone might give a gift after insulting the recipient.
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भयाbha·yā दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

bhayā dānaṁ deti,

Or they give out of fear.
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‘अदासिa·dā·si मे’तिme दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

‘adāsi me’ti dānaṁ deti,

Or they give thinking, ‘They gave to me.’
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‘दस्सतिdas·sa·ti मे’तिme दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

‘dassati me’ti dānaṁ deti,

Or they give thinking, ‘They’ll give to me.’
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‘साहुsā·hu दानन्’तिdā·nan दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

‘sāhu dānan’ti dānaṁ deti,

Or they give thinking, ‘It’s good to give.’
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‘अहंa·haṃ पचामि,pa·cā·mi इमेi·me नna पचन्ति;pa·can·ti नारहामिnā·ra·hā·mi पचन्तोpa·can·to अपचन्तानंa·pa·can·tā·naṃ दानंdā·naṃ अदातुन्’तिa·dā·tun दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

‘ahaṁ pacāmi, ime na pacanti; nārahāmi pacanto apacantānaṁ dānaṁ adātun’ti dānaṁ deti,

Or they give thinking, ‘I cook, they don’t. It wouldn’t be right for me to not give to them.’
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‘इमंi·maṃ मेme दानंdā·naṃ ददतोda·da·to कल्याणोkal·yā·ṇo कित्तिसद्दोkit·ti·sad·do अब्भुग्गच्छती’तिab·bhug·gac·cha·tī दानंdā·naṃ देति,de·ti

‘imaṁ me dānaṁ dadato kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchatī’ti dānaṁ deti,

Or they give thinking, ‘By giving this gift I’ll get a good reputation.’
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चित्तालङ्कारचित्तपरिक्खारत्थंcit·tā·laṅ·kā·ra·cit·ta·pa·rik·khā·rat·thaṃ दानंdā·naṃ देति।de·ti

cittālaṅkāracittaparikkhāratthaṁ dānaṁ deti.

Or they give thinking, ‘This is an adornment and requisite for the mind.’
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अट्ठaṭ·ṭha दानानी”ति।dā·nā·nī

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dānānī”ti.

These are the eight gifts.”
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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.