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Sappurisadānasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।37

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.37

Numbered Discourses 8.37
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4। दानवग्गdā·na·vag·ga

4. Dānavagga

4. Giving
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सप्पुरिसदानसुत्तsap·pu·ri·sa·dā·na·sut·ta

Sappurisadānasutta

Gifts of a True Person
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“अट्ठिमानि,aṭ·ṭhi·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सप्पुरिसदानानि।sap·pu·ri·sa·dā·nā·ni

“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, sappurisadānāni.

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

Katamāni aṭṭha?

What eight?
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सुचिंsu·ciṃ देति,de·ti पणीतंpa·ṇī·taṃ देति,de·ti कालेनkā·le·na देति,de·ti कप्पियंkap·pi·yaṃ देति,de·ti विचेय्यvi·cey·ya देति,de·ti अभिण्हंa·bhiṇ·haṃ देति,de·ti ददंda·daṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ पसादेति,pa·sā·de·ti दत्वाdat·vā अत्तमनोat·ta·ma·no होति।ho·ti

Suciṁ deti, paṇītaṁ deti, kālena deti, kappiyaṁ deti, viceyya deti, abhiṇhaṁ deti, dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādeti, datvā attamano hoti.

Their gift is pure, good quality, timely, appropriate, intelligent, and regular. While giving their heart is confident, and afterwards they’re uplifted.
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अट्ठaṭ·ṭha सप्पुरिसदानानीति।sap·pu·ri·sa·dā·nā·nī·ti

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha sappurisadānānīti.

These are the eight gifts of a true person.
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सुचिंsu·ciṃ पणीतंpa·ṇī·taṃ कालेन,kā·le·na

Suciṁ paṇītaṁ kālena,

He gives pure, good quality, and timely gifts
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कप्पियंkap·pi·yaṃ पानभोजनं;pā·na·bho·ja·naṃ

kappiyaṁ pānabhojanaṁ;

of appropriate food and drinks
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अभिण्हंa·bhiṇ·haṃ ददातिda·dā·ti दानं,dā·naṃ

Abhiṇhaṁ dadāti dānaṁ,

regularly to spiritual practitioners
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सुखेत्तेसुsu·khet·te·su ब्रह्मचारिसु।brah·ma·cā·ri·su

sukhettesu brahmacārisu.

who are fertile fields of merit.
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नेवne·va विप्पटिसारिस्स,vip·pa·ṭi·sā·ris·sa

Neva vippaṭisārissa,

They never regret
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चजित्वाca·jit·vā आमिसंā·mi·saṃ बहुं;ba·huṃ

cajitvā āmisaṁ bahuṁ;

giving away many things of the flesh.
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एवंe·vaṃ दिन्नानिdin·nā·ni दानानि,dā·nā·ni

Evaṁ dinnāni dānāni,

Discerning people praise
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वण्णयन्तिvaṇ·ṇa·yan·ti विपस्सिनो।vi·pas·si·no

vaṇṇayanti vipassino.

giving such gifts.
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एवंe·vaṃ यजित्वाya·jit·vā मेधावी,me·dhā·vī

Evaṁ yajitvā medhāvī,

An intelligent person sacrifices like this,
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सद्धोsad·dho मुत्तेनmut·te·na चेतसा;ce·ta·sā

saddho muttena cetasā;

faithful, with a mind of letting go.
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अब्याबज्झंab·yā·baj·jhaṃ सुखंsu·khaṃ लोकं,lo·kaṃ

Abyābajjhaṁ sukhaṁ lokaṁ,

Such an astute person is reborn
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पण्डितोpaṇ·ḍi·to उपपज्जती”ति।u·pa·paj·ja·tī

paṇḍito upapajjatī”ti.

in a happy, pleasing world.”
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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Sattamaṁ.

(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.