Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

86. Bent Down

1"Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of persons found existing in the world. What four? The one bent down who bends lower, the one bent down who rises, the one risen who bends down, and the one risen who rises higher. [n.777] Ce defines these four types with exactly the same explanations given in AN4.85. Be and Ee, however, offer no explanations but merely give the headings.

"These are the four kinds of persons found existing in the world."

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Oṇatoṇato, oṇatuṇṇato, uṇṇatoṇato, uṇṇatuṇṇato. …

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin"ti.


Chaṭṭhaṁ.

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