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Ovādasutta
Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदि।ni·sī·di एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca
Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
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“कतिहिka·ti·hi नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to भिक्खुbhik·khu भिक्खुनोवादकोbhik·khu·no·vā·da·ko सम्मन्नितब्बो”ति?sam·man·ni·tab·bo
“katihi nu kho, bhante, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammannitabbo”ti?
“Sir, how many qualities should a monk have to be deemed an adviser for nuns?”
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“अट्ठहिaṭ·ṭha·hi खो,kho आनन्द,ā·nan·da धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to भिक्खुbhik·khu भिक्खुनोवादकोbhik·khu·no·vā·da·ko सम्मन्नितब्बो।sam·man·ni·tab·bo
“Aṭṭhahi kho, ānanda, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammannitabbo.
“Ānanda, a monk with eight qualities may be deemed an adviser for nuns.
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इधानन्द,i·dhā·nan·da भिक्खुbhik·khu सीलवाsī·la·vā होतिho·ti …पे…pe समादायsa·mā·dā·ya सिक्खतिsik·kha·ti सिक्खापदेसु;sik·khā·pa·de·su
Idhānanda, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu;
Firstly, a monk is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.
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बहुस्सुतोba·hus·su·to होतिho·ti …पे…pe दिट्ठियाdiṭ·ṭhi·yā सुप्पटिविद्धा;sup·pa·ṭi·vid·dhā
bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā;
They’re learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.
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उभयानिu·bha·yā·ni खोkho पनस्सpa·nas·sa पातिमोक्खानिpā·ti·mok·khā·ni वित्थारेनvit·thā·re·na स्वागतानिsvā·ga·tā·ni होन्तिhon·ti सुविभत्तानिsu·vi·bhat·tā·ni सुप्पवत्तीनिsup·pa·vat·tī·ni सुविनिच्छितानिsu·vi·nic·chi·tā·ni सुत्तसोsut·ta·so अनुब्यञ्जनसो;a·nub·yañ·ja·na·so
ubhayāni kho panassa pātimokkhāni vitthārena svāgatāni honti suvibhattāni suppavattīni suvinicchitāni suttaso anubyañjanaso;
Both monastic codes have been passed down to them in detail, well analyzed, well mastered, well evaluated in both the rules and accompanying material.
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कल्याणवाचोkal·yā·ṇa·vā·co होतिho·ti कल्याणवाक्करणो,kal·yā·ṇa·vāk·ka·ra·ṇo पोरियाpo·ri·yā वाचायvā·cā·ya समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to विस्सट्ठायvis·saṭ·ṭhā·ya अनेलगळायa·ne·la·ga·ḷā·ya अत्थस्सat·thas·sa विञ्ञापनिया;viñ·ñā·pa·ni·yā
kalyāṇavāco hoti kalyāṇavākkaraṇo, poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagaḷāya atthassa viññāpaniyā;
They’re a good speaker who enunciates well. Their voice is polished, clear, articulate, and expresses the meaning.
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पटिबलोpa·ṭi·ba·lo होतिho·ti भिक्खुनिसङ्घस्सbhik·khu·ni·saṅ·ghas·sa धम्मियाdham·mi·yā कथायka·thā·ya सन्दस्सेतुंsan·das·se·tuṃ समादपेतुंsa·mā·da·pe·tuṃ समुत्तेजेतुंsa·mut·te·je·tuṃ सम्पहंसेतुं;sam·pa·haṃ·se·tuṃ
paṭibalo hoti bhikkhunisaṅghassa dhammiyā kathāya sandassetuṁ samādapetuṁ samuttejetuṁ sampahaṁsetuṁ;
They’re able to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire the community of nuns.
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नna खोkho पनेतंpa·ne·taṃ भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ उद्दिस्सud·dis·sa पब्बजितायpab·ba·ji·tā·ya कासायवत्थवसनायkā·sā·ya·vat·tha·va·sa·nā·ya गरुधम्मंga·ru·dham·maṃ अज्झापन्नपुब्बोaj·jhā·pan·na·pub·bo होति;ho·ti
na kho panetaṁ bhagavantaṁ uddissa pabbajitāya kāsāyavatthavasanāya garudhammaṁ ajjhāpannapubbo hoti;
They have never previously sexually harassed any woman wearing the ocher robe who has gone forth in the Buddha’s name.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho आनन्द,ā·nan·da अट्ठहिaṭ·ṭha·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to भिक्खुbhik·khu भिक्खुनोवादकोbhik·khu·no·vā·da·ko सम्मन्नितब्बो”ति।sam·man·ni·tab·bo
Imehi kho, ānanda, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammannitabbo”ti.
A monk with these eight qualities may be deemed an adviser for nuns.”
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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.