AN 1 The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta > AN 1.248–257

Numbered Discourses 1.248–257 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

19. Sixth – 19. Chaṭṭhavagga

AN 1.248–257 – 248–257

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“The foremost of my laymen in first going for refuge are the merchants Tapussa and Bhallika.

“Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṁ upāsakānaṁ paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchantānaṁ yadidaṁ tapussabhallikā vāṇijā.

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… as a donor is the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika.

… Dāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ sudatto gahapati anāthapiṇḍiko.

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… who speak on the teaching is the householder Citta Macchikāsaṇḍika.

… Dhammakathikānaṁ yadidaṁ citto gahapati macchikāsaṇḍiko.

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… who attract a congregation by the four ways of being inclusive is Hatthaka of Āḷavī.

… Catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi parisaṁ saṅgaṇhantānaṁ yadidaṁ hatthako āḷavako.

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… who donate fine things is Mahānāma Sakka.

… Paṇītadāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ mahānāmo sakko.

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… who donate nice things is the householder Ugga of Vesālī.

… Manāpadāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ uggo gahapati vesāliko.

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… who attend on the Saṅgha is the householder Uggata of Elephant Village.

… Saṅghupaṭṭhākānaṁ yadidaṁ hatthigāmako uggato gahapati.

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… who have experiential confidence is Sūrambaṭṭha.

… Aveccappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ sūrambaṭṭho.

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… who have confidence in a person is Jīvaka Komārabhacca.

… Puggalappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ jīvako komārabhacco.

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… who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s father.”

… Vissāsakānaṁ yadidaṁ nakulapitā gahapatī”ti.

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Vaggo chaṭṭho.