Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
XIV. Yodh-ā-jīva Vagga

III. The Book of the Threes

XIV. The Fighting-Man

Sutta 132

Parisā Suttaṃ

Companies

 

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THUS HAVE I HEARD

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.

There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these three companies.

What three?

The company trained in bombast,
the company trained in inquiry,¹
and the company trained according to its bent.²

These are the three companies."

 

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¹ Cf. supra, text 72, where reading is paṭipucchā.

² Text yāva-t-ajjha vinītā. Comy. has yāvatā ca vinītā and explains thus: pamāṇa-vasena vinītā, pamāṇaṃ ñatvā v., and adds 'but in the Pāli it means yāva ajjhāsaye = ajjhāsayaṃ ñatvā.'