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Vesālīsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 54।9

Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.9

Linked Discourses 54.9
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1। एकधम्मवग्गe·ka·dham·ma·vag·ga

1. Ekadhammavagga

1. One Thing
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वेसालीसुत्तve·sā·lī·sut·ta

Vesālīsutta

At Vesālī
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā वेसालियंve·sā·li·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti महावनेma·hā·va·ne कूटागारसालायं।kū·ṭā·gā·ra·sā·lā·yaṃ

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ अनेकपरियायेनa·ne·ka·pa·ri·yā·ye·na असुभकथंa·su·bha·ka·thaṃ कथेति,ka·the·ti असुभायa·su·bhā·ya वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ भासति,bhā·sa·ti असुभभावनायa·su·bha·bhā·va·nā·ya वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ भासति।bhā·sa·ti

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā bhikkhūnaṁ anekapariyāyena asubhakathaṁ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati.

Now at that time the Buddha spoke in many ways to the mendicants about the meditation on ugliness. He praised the meditation on ugliness and its development.
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

Then the Buddha said to the mendicants,
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“इच्छामहं,ic·chā·ma·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अड्ढमासंaḍ·ḍha·mā·saṃ पटिसल्लीयितुं।pa·ṭi·sal·lī·yi·tuṃ

“icchāmahaṁ, bhikkhave, aḍḍhamāsaṁ paṭisallīyituṁ.

“Mendicants, I wish to go on retreat for a fortnight.
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नाम्हिnām·hi केनचिke·na·ci उपसङ्कमितब्बो,u·pa·saṅ·ka·mi·tab·bo अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra एकेनe·ke·na पिण्डपातनीहारकेना”ति।piṇ·ḍa·pā·ta·nī·hā·ra·ke·nā

Nāmhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakenā”ti.

No-one should approach me, except the one who brings my almsfood.”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”तिbhan·te खोkho तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पटिस्सुत्वाpa·ṭis·sut·vā नास्सुधnās·su·dha कोचिko·ci भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ उपसङ्कमति,u·pa·saṅ·ka·ma·ti अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra एकेनe·ke·na पिण्डपातनीहारकेन।piṇ·ḍa·pā·ta·nī·hā·ra·ke·na

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā nāssudha koci bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamati, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakena.

“Yes, sir,” replied those mendicants. And no-one approached him, except the one who brought the almsfood.
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अथa·tha खोkho तेte भिक्खू:bhik·khū

Atha kho te bhikkhū:

Then those mendicants thought,
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“भगवाbha·ga·vā अनेकपरियायेनa·ne·ka·pa·ri·yā·ye·na असुभकथंa·su·bha·ka·thaṃ कथेति,ka·the·ti असुभायa·su·bhā·ya वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ भासति,bhā·sa·ti असुभभावनायa·su·bha·bhā·va·nā·ya वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ भासती”तिbhā·sa·tī अनेकाकारवोकारंa·ne·kā·kā·ra·vo·kā·raṃ असुभभावनानुयोगमनुयुत्ताa·su·bha·bhā·va·nā·nu·yo·ga·ma·nu·yut·tā विहरन्ति।vi·ha·ran·ti

“bhagavā anekapariyāyena asubhakathaṁ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṁ bhāsatī”ti anekākāravokāraṁ asubhabhāvanānuyogamanuyuttā viharanti.

“The Buddha spoke in many ways about the meditation on ugliness. He praised the meditation on ugliness and its development.” They committed themselves to developing the many different facets of the meditation on ugliness.
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तेte इमिनाi·mi·nā कायेनkā·ye·na अट्टीयमानाaṭ·ṭī·ya·mā·nā हरायमानाha·rā·ya·mā·nā जिगुच्छमानाji·guc·cha·mā·nā सत्थहारकंsat·tha·hā·ra·kaṃ परियेसन्ति।pa·ri·ye·san·ti

Te iminā kāyena aṭṭīyamānā harāyamānā jigucchamānā satthahārakaṁ pariyesanti.

Becoming horrified, repelled, and disgusted with this body, they looked for a suicide weapon.
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दसपिda·sa·pi भिक्खूbhik·khū एकाहेनe·kā·he·na सत्थंsat·thaṃ आहरन्ति,ā·ha·ran·ti वीसम्पिvī·sam·pi …पे…pe तिंसम्पिtiṃ·sam·pi भिक्खूbhik·khū एकाहेनe·kā·he·na सत्थंsat·thaṃ आहरन्ति।ā·ha·ran·ti

Dasapi bhikkhū ekāhena satthaṁ āharanti, vīsampi …pe… tiṁsampi bhikkhū ekāhena satthaṁ āharanti.

Each day ten, twenty, or thirty mendicants committed suicide.
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā तस्सtas·sa अड्ढमासस्सaḍ·ḍha·mā·sas·sa अच्चयेनac·ca·ye·na पटिसल्लानाpa·ṭi·sal·lā·nā वुट्ठितोvuṭ·ṭhi·to आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ आनन्दंā·nan·daṃ आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Atha kho bhagavā tassa aḍḍhamāsassa accayena paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ āmantesi:

Then after a fortnight had passed, the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed Ānanda,
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“किंkiṃ नुnu खो,kho आनन्द,ā·nan·da तनुभूतोta·nu·bhū·to वियvi·ya भिक्खुसङ्घो”ति?bhik·khu·saṅ·gho

“kiṁ nu kho, ānanda, tanubhūto viya bhikkhusaṅgho”ti?

“Ānanda, why does the mendicant Saṅgha seem so diminished?”
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“तथाta·thā हिhi पन,pa·na भन्ते,bhan·te ‘भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ अनेकपरियायेनa·ne·ka·pa·ri·yā·ye·na असुभकथंa·su·bha·ka·thaṃ कथेति,ka·the·ti असुभायa·su·bhā·ya वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ भासति,bhā·sa·ti असुभभावनायa·su·bha·bhā·va·nā·ya वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ भासती’तिbhā·sa·tī अनेकाकारवोकारंa·ne·kā·kā·ra·vo·kā·raṃ असुभभावनानुयोगमनुयुत्ताa·su·bha·bhā·va·nā·nu·yo·ga·ma·nu·yut·tā विहरन्ति।vi·ha·ran·ti

“Tathā hi pana, bhante, ‘bhagavā bhikkhūnaṁ anekapariyāyena asubhakathaṁ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṁ bhāsatī’ti anekākāravokāraṁ asubhabhāvanānuyogamanuyuttā viharanti.

Ānanda told the Buddha all that had happened, and said,
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तेte इमिनाi·mi·nā कायेनkā·ye·na अट्टीयमानाaṭ·ṭī·ya·mā·nā हरायमानाha·rā·ya·mā·nā जिगुच्छमानाji·guc·cha·mā·nā सत्थहारकंsat·tha·hā·ra·kaṃ परियेसन्ति।pa·ri·ye·san·ti

Te iminā kāyena aṭṭīyamānā harāyamānā jigucchamānā satthahārakaṁ pariyesanti.

(Pāli only)
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दसपिda·sa·pi भिक्खूbhik·khū एकाहेनe·kā·he·na सत्थंsat·thaṃ आहरन्ति,ā·ha·ran·ti वीसम्पिvī·sam·pi भिक्खूbhik·khū … तिंसम्पिtiṃ·sam·pi भिक्खूbhik·khū एकाहेनe·kā·he·na सत्थंsat·thaṃ आहरन्ति।ā·ha·ran·ti

Dasapi bhikkhū ekāhena satthaṁ āharanti, vīsampi bhikkhū … tiṁsampi bhikkhū ekāhena satthaṁ āharanti.

(Pāli only)
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साधु,sā·dhu भन्ते,bhan·te भगवाbha·ga·vā अञ्ञंañ·ñaṃ परियायंpa·ri·yā·yaṃ आचिक्खतुā·cik·kha·tu यथायंya·thā·yaṃ भिक्खुसङ्घोbhik·khu·saṅ·gho अञ्ञायañ·ñā·ya सण्ठहेय्या”ति।saṇ·ṭha·hey·yā

Sādhu, bhante, bhagavā aññaṁ pariyāyaṁ ācikkhatu yathāyaṁ bhikkhusaṅgho aññāya saṇṭhaheyyā”ti.

“Sir, please explain another way the mendicant Saṅgha might be settled in enlightenment.”
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“तेनहानन्द,te·na·hā·nan·da यावतिकाyā·va·ti·kā भिक्खूbhik·khū वेसालिंve·sā·liṃ उपनिस्सायu·pa·nis·sā·ya विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti तेte सब्बेsab·be उपट्ठानसालायंu·paṭ·ṭhā·na·sā·lā·yaṃ सन्निपातेही”ति।san·ni·pā·te·hī

“Tenahānanda, yāvatikā bhikkhū vesāliṁ upanissāya viharanti te sabbe upaṭṭhānasālāyaṁ sannipātehī”ti.

“Well then, Ānanda, gather all the mendicants staying in the vicinity of Vesālī together in the assembly hall.”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”तिbhan·te खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पटिस्सुत्वाpa·ṭis·sut·vā यावतिकाyā·va·ti·kā भिक्खूbhik·khū वेसालिंve·sā·liṃ उपनिस्सायu·pa·nis·sā·ya विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti तेte सब्बेsab·be उपट्ठानसालायंu·paṭ·ṭhā·na·sā·lā·yaṃ सन्निपातेत्वाsan·ni·pā·tet·vā येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paṭissutvā yāvatikā bhikkhū vesāliṁ upanissāya viharanti te sabbe upaṭṭhānasālāyaṁ sannipātetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Yes, sir,” replied Ānanda. He did what the Buddha asked, went up to him, and said,
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“सन्निपतितो,san·ni·pa·ti·to भन्ते,bhan·te भिक्खुसङ्घो।bhik·khu·saṅ·gho

“sannipatito, bhante, bhikkhusaṅgho.

“Sir, the mendicant Saṅgha has assembled.
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यस्सदानि,yas·sa·dā·ni भन्ते,bhan·te भगवाbha·ga·vā कालंkā·laṃ मञ्ञती”ति।mañ·ña·tī

Yassadāni, bhante, bhagavā kālaṁ maññatī”ti.

Please, sir, come at your convenience.”
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā येनye·na उपट्ठानसालाu·paṭ·ṭhā·na·sā·lā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā पञ्ञत्तेpañ·ñat·te आसनेā·sa·ne निसीदि।ni·sī·di

Atha kho bhagavā yena upaṭṭhānasālā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.

Then the Buddha went to the assembly hall, sat down on the seat spread out,
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निसज्जni·saj·ja खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

and addressed the mendicants:
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“अयम्पिa·yam·pi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve आनापानस्सतिसमाधिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti·sa·mā·dhi भावितोbhā·vi·to बहुलीकतोba·hu·lī·ka·to सन्तोsan·to चेवce·va पणीतोpa·ṇī·to चca असेचनकोa·se·ca·na·ko चca सुखोsu·kho चca विहारोvi·hā·ro उप्पन्नुप्पन्नेup·pan·nup·pan·ne चca पापकेpā·pa·ke अकुसलेa·ku·sa·le धम्मेdham·me ठानसोṭhā·na·so अन्तरधापेतिan·ta·ra·dhā·pe·ti वूपसमेति।vū·pa·sa·me·ti

“ayampi kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi bhāvito bahulīkato santo ceva paṇīto ca asecanako ca sukho ca vihāro uppannuppanne ca pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti.

“Mendicants, when this immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it’s peaceful and sublime, a delectable and blissful meditation. And it disperses and settles unskillful qualities on the spot whenever they arise.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve गिम्हानंgim·hā·naṃ पच्छिमेpac·chi·me मासेmā·se ऊहतंū·ha·taṃ रजोजल्लं,ra·jo·jal·laṃ तमेनंta·me·naṃ महाअकालमेघोma·hā·a·kā·la·me·gho ठानसोṭhā·na·so अन्तरधापेतिan·ta·ra·dhā·pe·ti वूपसमेति;vū·pa·sa·me·ti

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gimhānaṁ pacchime māse ūhataṁ rajojallaṁ, tamenaṁ mahāakālamegho ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti;

In the last month of summer, when the dust and dirt is stirred up, a large storm out of season disperses and settles it on the spot.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve आनापानस्सतिसमाधिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti·sa·mā·dhi भावितोbhā·vi·to बहुलीकतोba·hu·lī·ka·to सन्तोsan·to चेवce·va पणीतोpa·ṇī·to चca असेचनकोa·se·ca·na·ko चca सुखोsu·kho चca विहारोvi·hā·ro उप्पन्नुप्पन्नेup·pan·nup·pan·ne चca पापकेpā·pa·ke अकुसलेa·ku·sa·le धम्मेdham·me ठानसोṭhā·na·so अन्तरधापेतिan·ta·ra·dhā·pe·ti वूपसमेति।vū·pa·sa·me·ti

evameva kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi bhāvito bahulīkato santo ceva paṇīto ca asecanako ca sukho ca vihāro uppannuppanne ca pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti.

In the same way, when this immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it’s peaceful and sublime, a delectable and blissful meditation. And it disperses and settles unskillful qualities on the spot whenever they arise.
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कथंka·thaṃ भावितोbhā·vi·to च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve आनापानस्सतिसमाधिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti·sa·mā·dhi कथंka·thaṃ बहुलीकतोba·hu·lī·ka·to सन्तोsan·to चेवce·va पणीतोpa·ṇī·to चca असेचनकोa·se·ca·na·ko चca सुखोsu·kho चca विहारोvi·hā·ro उप्पन्नुप्पन्नेup·pan·nup·pan·ne चca पापकेpā·pa·ke अकुसलेa·ku·sa·le धम्मेdham·me ठानसोṭhā·na·so अन्तरधापेतिan·ta·ra·dhā·pe·ti वूपसमेति?vū·pa·sa·me·ti

Kathaṁ bhāvito ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi kathaṁ bahulīkato santo ceva paṇīto ca asecanako ca sukho ca vihāro uppannuppanne ca pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti?

And how is it so developed and cultivated?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu अरञ्ञगतोa·rañ·ña·ga·to वाvā रुक्खमूलगतोruk·kha·mū·la·ga·to वाvā सुञ्ञागारगतोsuñ·ñā·gā·ra·ga·to वाvā निसीदतिni·sī·da·ti पल्लङ्कंpal·laṅ·kaṃ आभुजित्वाā·bhu·jit·vā उजुंu·juṃ कायंkā·yaṃ पणिधायpa·ṇi·dhā·ya परिमुखंpa·ri·mu·khaṃ सतिंsa·tiṃ उपट्ठपेत्वा।u·paṭ·ṭha·pet·vā

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā nisīdati pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭhapetvā.

It’s when a mendicant—gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut—sits down cross-legged, sets their body straight, and brings mindfulness to the present.
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सोso सतोवsa·to·va अस्ससति,as·sa·sa·ti सतोवsa·to·va पस्ससतिpas·sa·sa·ti …पे…pe

So satova assasati, satova passasati …pe…

Just mindful, they breathe in. Mindful, they breathe out. …
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‘पटिनिस्सग्गानुपस्सीpa·ṭi·nis·sag·gā·nu·pas·sī अस्ससिस्सामी’तिas·sa·sis·sā·mī सिक्खति,sik·kha·ti ‘पटिनिस्सग्गानुपस्सीpa·ṭi·nis·sag·gā·nu·pas·sī पस्ससिस्सामी’तिpas·sa·sis·sā·mī सिक्खति।sik·kha·ti

‘paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati.

They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’
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एवंe·vaṃ भावितोbhā·vi·to खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve आनापानस्सतिसमाधिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti·sa·mā·dhi एवंe·vaṃ बहुलीकतोba·hu·lī·ka·to सन्तोsan·to चेवce·va पणीतोpa·ṇī·to चca असेचनकोa·se·ca·na·ko चca सुखोsu·kho चca विहारोvi·hā·ro उप्पन्नुप्पन्नेup·pan·nup·pan·ne चca पापकेpā·pa·ke अकुसलेa·ku·sa·le धम्मेdham·me ठानसोṭhā·na·so अन्तरधापेतिan·ta·ra·dhā·pe·ti वूपसमेती”ति।vū·pa·sa·me·tī

Evaṁ bhāvito kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi evaṁ bahulīkato santo ceva paṇīto ca asecanako ca sukho ca vihāro uppannuppanne ca pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasametī”ti.

That’s how this immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated so that it’s peaceful and sublime, a delectable and blissful meditation. And it disperses and settles unskillful qualities on the spot whenever they arise.”
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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.