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Tiṭhānasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 9।21

Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.21

Numbered Discourses 9.21
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3। सत्तावासवग्गsat·tā·vā·sa·vag·ga

3. Sattāvāsavagga

3. Abodes of Sentient Beings
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तिठानसुत्तti·ṭhā·na·sut·ta

Tiṭhānasutta

In Three Particulars
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“तीहि,tī·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ठानेहिṭhā·ne·hi उत्तरकुरुकाut·ta·ra·ku·ru·kā मनुस्साma·nus·sā देवेde·ve चca तावतिंसेtā·va·tiṃ·se अधिग्गण्हन्तिa·dhig·gaṇ·han·ti जम्बुदीपकेjam·bu·dī·pa·ke चca मनुस्से।ma·nus·se

“Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi uttarakurukā manussā deve ca tāvatiṁse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.

“The humans of the land north of Kuru surpass the gods of the thirty-three and the humans of the Black Plum Tree Land in three particulars.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi तीहि?tī·hi

Katamehi tīhi?

What three?
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अममा,a·ma·mā अपरिग्गहा,a·pa·rig·ga·hā नियतायुका,ni·ya·tā·yu·kā विसेसगुणा—vi·se·sa·gu·ṇā

Amamā, apariggahā, niyatāyukā, visesaguṇā—

They’re selfless and not possessive. They have a fixed lifespan. They have a distinctive nature.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीहिtī·hi ठानेहिṭhā·ne·hi उत्तरकुरुकाut·ta·ra·ku·ru·kā मनुस्साma·nus·sā देवेde·ve चca तावतिंसेtā·va·tiṃ·se अधिग्गण्हन्तिa·dhig·gaṇ·han·ti जम्बुदीपकेjam·bu·dī·pa·ke चca मनुस्से।ma·nus·se

imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi uttarakurukā manussā deve ca tāvatiṁse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.

The humans of the land north of Kuru surpass the gods of the thirty-three and the humans of the Black Plum Tree Land in these three particulars.
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तीहि,tī·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ठानेहिṭhā·ne·hi देवाde·vā तावतिंसाtā·va·tiṃ·sā उत्तरकुरुकेut·ta·ra·ku·ru·ke चca मनुस्सेma·nus·se अधिग्गण्हन्तिa·dhig·gaṇ·han·ti जम्बुदीपकेjam·bu·dī·pa·ke चca मनुस्से।ma·nus·se

Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi devā tāvatiṁsā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.

The gods of the thirty-three surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the Black Plum Tree Land in three particulars.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi तीहि?tī·hi

Katamehi tīhi?

What three?
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दिब्बेनdib·be·na आयुना,ā·yu·nā दिब्बेनdib·be·na वण्णेन,vaṇ·ṇe·na दिब्बेनdib·be·na सुखेन—su·khe·na

Dibbena āyunā, dibbena vaṇṇena, dibbena sukhena—

Heavenly lifespan, beauty, and happiness.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीहिtī·hi ठानेहिṭhā·ne·hi देवाde·vā तावतिंसाtā·va·tiṃ·sā उत्तरकुरुकेut·ta·ra·ku·ru·ke चca मनुस्सेma·nus·se अधिग्गण्हन्तिa·dhig·gaṇ·han·ti जम्बुदीपकेjam·bu·dī·pa·ke चca मनुस्से।ma·nus·se

imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi devā tāvatiṁsā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.

The gods of the thirty-three surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the Black Plum Tree Land in these three particulars.
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तीहि,tī·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ठानेहिṭhā·ne·hi जम्बुदीपकाjam·bu·dī·pa·kā मनुस्साma·nus·sā उत्तरकुरुकेut·ta·ra·ku·ru·ke चca मनुस्सेma·nus·se अधिग्गण्हन्तिa·dhig·gaṇ·han·ti देवेde·ve चca तावतिंसे।tā·va·tiṃ·se

Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi jambudīpakā manussā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti deve ca tāvatiṁse.

The humans of the Black Plum Tree Land surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the gods of the thirty-three in three particulars.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi तीहि?tī·hi

Katamehi tīhi?

What three?
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सूरा,sū·rā सतिमन्तो,sa·ti·man·to इधi·dha ब्रह्मचरियवासो—brah·ma·ca·ri·ya·vā·so

Sūrā, satimanto, idha brahmacariyavāso—

Bravery, mindfulness, and the spiritual life is lived here.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीहिtī·hi ठानेहिṭhā·ne·hi जम्बुदीपकाjam·bu·dī·pa·kā मनुस्साma·nus·sā उत्तरकुरुकेut·ta·ra·ku·ru·ke चca मनुस्सेma·nus·se अधिग्गण्हन्तिa·dhig·gaṇ·han·ti देवेde·ve चca तावतिंसे”ति।tā·va·tiṃ·se

imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi jambudīpakā manussā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti deve ca tāvatiṁse”ti.

The humans of the Black Plum Tree Land surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the gods of the thirty-three in these three particulars.”
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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.