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Paṇītatarasutta

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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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 29।2

Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.2

Linked Discourses 29.2
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1। नागवग्गnā·ga·vag·ga

1. Nāgavagga

1. Dragons
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पणीततरसुत्तpa·ṇī·ta·ta·ra·sut·ta

Paṇītatarasutta

Better
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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“चतस्सोca·tas·so इमा,i·mā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve नागयोनियो।nā·ga·yo·ni·yo

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, nāgayoniyo.

“Mendicants, dragons reproduce in these four ways.
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कतमाka·ta·mā चतस्सो?ca·tas·so

Katamā catasso?

What four?
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अण्डजाaṇ·ḍa·jā नागा,nā·gā जलाबुजाja·lā·bu·jā नागा,nā·gā संसेदजाsaṃ·se·da·jā नागा,nā·gā ओपपातिकाo·pa·pā·ti·kā नागा।nā·gā

Aṇḍajā nāgā, jalābujā nāgā, saṁsedajā nāgā, opapātikā nāgā.

Dragons are born from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously.
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तत्र,tat·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अण्डजेहिaṇ·ḍa·je·hi नागेहिnā·ge·hi जलाबुजाja·lā·bu·jā चca संसेदजाsaṃ·se·da·jā चca ओपपातिकाo·pa·pā·ti·kā चca नागाnā·gā पणीततरा।pa·ṇī·ta·ta·rā

Tatra, bhikkhave, aṇḍajehi nāgehi jalābujā ca saṁsedajā ca opapātikā ca nāgā paṇītatarā.

Of these, dragons born from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously are better than those born from an egg.
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तत्र,tat·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अण्डजेहिaṇ·ḍa·je·hi चca जलाबुजेहिja·lā·bu·je·hi चca नागेहिnā·ge·hi संसेदजाsaṃ·se·da·jā चca ओपपातिकाo·pa·pā·ti·kā चca नागाnā·gā पणीततरा।pa·ṇī·ta·ta·rā

Tatra, bhikkhave, aṇḍajehi ca jalābujehi ca nāgehi saṁsedajā ca opapātikā ca nāgā paṇītatarā.

Dragons born from moisture or spontaneously are better than those born from an egg or from a womb.
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तत्र,tat·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अण्डजेहिaṇ·ḍa·je·hi चca जलाबुजेहिja·lā·bu·je·hi चca संसेदजेहिsaṃ·se·da·je·hi चca नागेहिnā·ge·hi ओपपातिकाo·pa·pā·ti·kā नागाnā·gā पणीततरा।pa·ṇī·ta·ta·rā

Tatra, bhikkhave, aṇḍajehi ca jalābujehi ca saṁsedajehi ca nāgehi opapātikā nāgā paṇītatarā.

Dragons born spontaneously are better than those born from an egg, from a womb, or from moisture.
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इमाi·mā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चतस्सोca·tas·so नागयोनियो”ति।nā·ga·yo·ni·yo

Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso nāgayoniyo”ti.

These are the four ways that dragons reproduce.”
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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.