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Avijjāsutta

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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1. 1

   संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 22।113

   Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.113

   Linked Discourses 22.113

2. 2

   12। धम्मकथिकवग्गdham·ma·ka·thi·ka·vag·ga

   12. Dhammakathikavagga

   12. A Dhamma speaker

3. 3

   अविज्जासुत्तa·vij·jā·sut·ta

   Avijjāsutta

   Ignorance

4. 4

   सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

   Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

   At Sāvatthī.

5. 5

   अथa·tha खोkho अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमिte·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi …पे…pe

   Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…

   Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha

6. 6

   एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

   ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

   and said to him:

7. 7

   “‘अविज्जा,a·vij·jā अविज्जा’ति,a·vij·jā भन्ते,bhan·te वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

   “‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.

   “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.

8. 8

   कतमाka·ta·mā नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te अविज्जा;a·vij·jā

   Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;

   What is ignorance?

9. 9

   कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā चca अविज्जागतोa·vij·jā·ga·to होती”ति?ho·tī

   kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?

   And how is an ignoramus defined?”

10. 10

    “इध,i·dha भिक्खु,bhik·khu अस्सुतवाas·su·ta·vā पुथुज्जनोpu·thuj·ja·no रूपंrū·paṃ नप्पजानाति,nap·pa·jā·nā·ti रूपसमुदयंrū·pa·sa·mu·da·yaṃ नप्पजानाति,nap·pa·jā·nā·ti रूपनिरोधंrū·pa·ni·ro·dhaṃ नप्पजानाति,nap·pa·jā·nā·ti रूपनिरोधगामिनिंrū·pa·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·niṃ पटिपदंpa·ṭi·pa·daṃ नप्पजानाति;nap·pa·jā·nā·ti

    “Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;

    “Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

11. 11

    वेदनंve·da·naṃ नप्पजानातिnap·pa·jā·nā·ti …

    vedanaṁ nappajānāti …

    They don’t understand feeling …

12. 12

    सञ्ञंsañ·ñaṃ …

    saññaṁ …

    perception …

13. 13

    सङ्खारेsaṅ·khā·re नप्पजानातिnap·pa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe

    saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…

    choices …

14. 14

    विञ्ञाणनिरोधगामिनिंviñ·ñā·ṇa·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·niṃ पटिपदंpa·ṭi·pa·daṃ नप्पजानाति।nap·pa·jā·nā·ti

    viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.

    consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

15. 15

    अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खु,bhik·khu अविज्जा;a·vij·jā

    Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;

    This is called ignorance.

16. 16

    एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā चca अविज्जागतोa·vij·jā·ga·to होती”ति।ho·tī

    ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.

    And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”

17. 17

    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.