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Khuddakapāṭha 4

Kumārapañhā

The Boy’s Questions · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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oneEkaṁ indeednāma what?kiṁ?
allSabbe sentient beingssattā sustained by foodāhāraṭṭhitikā.

What is the one? All sentient beings are sustained by food.

twoDve namenāma what?kiṁ?
name·andNāmañca form + andrūpañca.

What is the two? Name and form.

threeTīṇi indeednāma what?kiṁ?
threeTisso feelings.vedanā.

What is the three? Three feelings.

fourCattāri they saynāma what?kiṁ?
fourCattāri noble·truthsariyasaccāni.

What is the four? Four noble truths.

fivePañca by namenāma what?kiṁ?
five·grasping·aggregatesPañcupādānakkhandhā.

What is the five? Five grasping aggregates.

sixCha namednāma what?kiṁ?
sixCha interiorajjhattikāni sense fields.āyatanāni.

What is the six? Six interior sense fields.

sevenSatta namednāma what?kiṁ?
SevenSatta awakening factorsbojjhaṅgā.

What is the seven? Seven awakening factors.

eightAṭṭha namednāma what?kiṁ?
nobleAriyo eightfoldaṭṭhaṅgiko pathmaggo.

What is the eight? The noble eightfold path.

nineNava callednāma what?kiṁ?
nineNava abodes of sentient beingssattāvāsā.

What is the nine? Nine abodes of sentient beings.

tenDasa whatnāma what?kiṁ?
ten + factorDasahaṅgehi endowedsamannāgato "perfected"“arahā”ti is called.vuccatīti.

What is the ten? One endowed with ten factors is called “perfected”.

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The Boy’s Questions

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