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Avijjāpañhāsutta

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 38।9

Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.9

Linked Discourses 38.9
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1। जम्बुखादकवग्गjam·bu·khā·da·ka·vag·ga

1. Jambukhādakavagga

1. With Jambukhādaka
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अविज्जापञ्हासुत्तa·vij·jā·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Avijjāpañhāsutta

A Question About Ignorance
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“‘अविज्जा,a·vij·jā अविज्जा’ति,a·vij·jā आवुसोā·vu·so सारिपुत्त,sā·ri·put·ta वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.

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

Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā”ti?

What is ignorance?”
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“यंyaṃ खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so दुक्खेduk·khe अञ्ञाणं,añ·ñā·ṇaṃ दुक्खसमुदयेduk·kha·sa·mu·da·ye अञ्ञाणं,añ·ñā·ṇaṃ दुक्खनिरोधेduk·kha·ni·ro·dhe अञ्ञाणं,añ·ñā·ṇaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनियाduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·ni·yā पटिपदायpa·ṭi·pa·dā·ya अञ्ञाणं—añ·ñā·ṇaṃ

“Yaṁ kho, āvuso, dukkhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhasamudaye aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇaṁ—

“Not knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतावुसो,vuc·ca·tā·vu·so अविज्जा”ति।a·vij·jā

ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā”ti.

This is called ignorance.”
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“अत्थिat·thi पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतिस्साe·tis·sā अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya पहानाया”ति?pa·hā·nā·yā

“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā”ti?

“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for giving up that ignorance?”
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“अत्थिat·thi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतिस्साe·tis·sā अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya पहानाया”ति।pa·hā·nā·yā

“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā”ti.

“There is.” …
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“कतमोka·ta·mo पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go कतमाka·ta·mā पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतिस्साe·tis·sā अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya पहानाया”ति?pa·hā·nā·yā

“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā”ti?

(Pāli only)
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“अयमेवa·ya·me·va खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so अरियोa·ri·yo अट्ठङ्गिकोaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·ko मग्गो,mag·go एतिस्साe·tis·sā अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya पहानाय,pa·hā·nā·ya सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etissā avijjāya pahānāya, seyyathidaṁ—

(Pāli only)
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सम्मादिट्ठिsam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi …पे…pe सम्मासमाधि।sam·mā·sa·mā·dhi

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.

(Pāli only)
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अयंa·yaṃ खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अयंa·yaṃ पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतिस्साe·tis·sā अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya पहानाया”ति।pa·hā·nā·yā

Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā”ti.

(Pāli only)
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“भद्दको,bhad·da·ko आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go भद्दिकाbhad·di·kā पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतिस्साe·tis·sā अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya पहानाय।pa·hā·nā·ya

“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāya.

(Pāli only)
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अलञ्चa·lañ·ca पनावुसोpa·nā·vu·so सारिपुत्त,sā·ri·put·ta अप्पमादाया”ति।ap·pa·mā·dā·yā

Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

(Pāli only)
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नवमं।na·va·maṃ

Navamaṁ.

(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.