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Koṭṭhikasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 22।133

Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.133

Linked Discourses 22.133
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13। अविज्जावग्गa·vij·jā·vag·ga

13. Avijjāvagga

13. Ignorance
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कोट्ठिकसुत्तkoṭ·ṭhi·ka·sut·ta

Koṭṭhikasutta

With Koṭṭhita
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बाराणसियंbā·rā·ṇa·si·yaṃ विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti इसिपतनेi·si·pa·ta·ne मिगदाये।mi·ga·dā·ye

Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye.

At Varanasi.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to सायन्हसमयंsā·yan·ha·sa·ma·yaṃ …पे…pe

Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto sāyanhasamayaṁ …pe…

(Pāli only)
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ महाकोट्ठिकंma·hā·koṭ·ṭhi·kaṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ mahākoṭṭhikaṁ etadavoca:

Sāriputta said to Mahākoṭṭhita:
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“‘अविज्जा,a·vij·jā अविज्जा’ति,a·vij·jā आवुसोā·vu·so कोट्ठिक,koṭ·ṭhi·ka वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso koṭṭhika, vuccati.

“Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
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कतमाka·ta·mā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so अविज्जा;a·vij·jā

Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā;

What is ignorance?
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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?”
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“इधावुसो,i·dhā·vu·so अस्सुतवाas·su·ta·vā पुथुज्जनोpu·thuj·ja·no रूपस्सrū·pas·sa अस्सादञ्चas·sā·dañ·ca आदीनवञ्चā·dī·na·vañ·ca निस्सरणञ्चnis·sa·ra·ṇañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानाति।nap·pa·jā·nā·ti

“Idhāvuso, assutavā puthujjano rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.

“Reverend, an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,
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वेदनायve·da·nā·ya …पे…pe

Vedanāya …pe…

feeling,
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सञ्ञायsañ·ñā·ya …

saññāya …

perception,
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सङ्खारानंsaṅ·khā·rā·naṃ …

saṅkhārānaṁ …

choices,
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विञ्ञाणस्सviñ·ñā·ṇas·sa अस्सादञ्चas·sā·dañ·ca आदीनवञ्चā·dī·na·vañ·ca निस्सरणञ्चnis·sa·ra·ṇañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानाति।nap·pa·jā·nā·ti

viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.

and consciousness.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतावुसो,vuc·ca·tā·vu·so अविज्जा;a·vij·jā

Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā;

This is called ignorance.
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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.”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te आयस्माā·yas·mā सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ महाकोट्ठिकंma·hā·koṭ·ṭhi·kaṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ mahākoṭṭhikaṁ etadavoca:

When he said this, Venerable Sāriputta said to him:
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“‘विज्जा,vij·jā विज्जा’ति,vij·jā आवुसोā·vu·so कोट्ठिक,koṭ·ṭhi·ka वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso koṭṭhika, vuccati.

“Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.
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कतमाka·ta·mā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so विज्जा;vij·jā

Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;

What is knowledge?
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कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā चca विज्जागतोvij·jā·ga·to होती”ति?ho·tī

kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?

And how is a knowing one defined?”
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“इधावुसो,i·dhā·vu·so सुतवाsu·ta·vā अरियसावकोa·ri·ya·sā·va·ko रूपस्सrū·pas·sa अस्सादञ्चas·sā·dañ·ca आदीनवञ्चā·dī·na·vañ·ca निस्सरणञ्चnis·sa·ra·ṇañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति।pa·jā·nā·ti

“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,
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वेदनायve·da·nā·ya …पे…pe

Vedanāya …pe…

feeling,
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सञ्ञायsañ·ñā·ya …

saññāya …

perception,
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सङ्खारानंsaṅ·khā·rā·naṃ …

saṅkhārānaṁ …

choices,
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विञ्ञाणस्सviñ·ñā·ṇas·sa अस्सादञ्चas·sā·dañ·ca आदीनवञ्चā·dī·na·vañ·ca निस्सरणञ्चnis·sa·ra·ṇañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति।pa·jā·nā·ti

viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

and consciousness.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतावुसो,vuc·ca·tā·vu·so विज्जा;vij·jā

Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā;

This is called knowledge.
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एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā चca विज्जागतोvij·jā·ga·to होती”ति।ho·tī

ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.

And this is how a knowing one is defined.”
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अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

Aṭṭhamaṁ.

(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.