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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

241SN 1.55Paṭhamajanasutta 242SN 1.56Dutiyajanasutta 243SN 1.57Tatiyajanasutta 244SN 1.58Uppathasutta 245SN 1.59Dutiyasutta 246SN 1.60Kavisutta 247SN 1.61Nāmasutta 248SN 1.62Cittasutta 249SN 1.63Taṇhāsutta 250SN 1.64Saṁyojanasutta 251SN 1.65Bandhanasutta 252SN 1.66Attahatasutta 253SN 1.67Uḍḍitasutta 254SN 1.68Pihitasutta 255SN 1.69Icchāsutta 256SN 1.70Lokasutta 257SN 1.71Chetvāsutta 258SN 1.72Rathasutta

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Sutta PiṭakaSN 1.60

Sutta Piṭaka

SN 1.60

Kavisutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Kavisutta

“Kiṁsu nidānaṁ gāthānaṁ, kiṁsu tāsaṁ viyañjanaṁ; Kiṁsu sannissitā gāthā, kiṁsu gāthānamāsayo”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

A Poet

“What’s the source of verses? What constitutes their phrasing? What do verses depend upon? What underlies verses?”

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

“Chando nidānaṁ gāthānaṁ, akkharā tāsaṁ viyañjanaṁ; Nāmasannissitā gāthā, kavi gāthānamāsayo”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“Metre is the source of verses. Syllables constitute their phrasing. Verses depend on names. A poet underlies verses.”

SN 1.60English

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Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)Original · Pāli

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Sutta Piṭaka, tr. Bhikkhu SujatoTranslation · English · Bhikkhu Sujato, 2018

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.