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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 18 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/18/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta, section 18. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/18/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Ones · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Ekakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in ones: one thing that obsesses the mind, one thing that leads to great harm, the one person born for the welfare of the world.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 18. Chapter Five · AN 1.235–1.247

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/18/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-1/18/#p-N

[¶0] AN 1.235

> Pali: AN 1.235

[¶1] “The foremost of my nun disciples in long standing is Mahāpajāpati Gotamī.”

> Pali: “Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ rattaññūnaṁ yadidaṁ mahāpajāpatigotamī.

[¶2] AN 1.236

> Pali: AN 1.236

[¶3] “… with great wisdom is Khemā.”

> Pali: … Mahāpaññānaṁ yadidaṁ khemā.

[¶4] AN 1.237

> Pali: AN 1.237

[¶5] “… with psychic power is Uppalavaṇṇā.”

> Pali: … Iddhimantīnaṁ yadidaṁ uppalavaṇṇā.

[¶6] AN 1.238

> Pali: AN 1.238

[¶7] “… who have memorized the monastic law is Paṭācārā.”

> Pali: … Vinayadharānaṁ yadidaṁ paṭācārā.

[¶8] AN 1.239

> Pali: AN 1.239

[¶9] “… who speak on the teaching is Dhammadinnā.”

> Pali: … Dhammakathikānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammadinnā.

[¶10] AN 1.240

> Pali: AN 1.240

[¶11] “… who practice absorption is Nandā.”

> Pali: … Jhāyīnaṁ yadidaṁ nandā.

[¶12] AN 1.241

> Pali: AN 1.241

[¶13] “… who are energetic is Soṇā.”

> Pali: … Āraddhavīriyānaṁ yadidaṁ soṇā.

[¶14] AN 1.242

> Pali: AN 1.242

[¶15] “… with clairvoyance is Sakulā.”

> Pali: … Dibbacakkhukānaṁ yadidaṁ bakulā.

[¶16] AN 1.243

> Pali: AN 1.243

[¶17] “… with swift insight is Bhaddā of the Curly Hair.”

> Pali: … Khippābhiññānaṁ yadidaṁ bhaddā kuṇḍalakesā.

[¶18] AN 1.244

> Pali: AN 1.244

[¶19] “… who recollect past lives is Bhaddā daughter of Kapila.”

> Pali: … Pubbenivāsaṁ anussarantīnaṁ yadidaṁ bhaddā kāpilānī.

[¶20] AN 1.245

> Pali: AN 1.245

[¶21] “… who have attained great insight is Bhaddakaccānā.”

> Pali: … Mahābhiññāpattānaṁ yadidaṁ bhaddakaccānā.

[¶22] AN 1.246

> Pali: AN 1.246

[¶23] “… who wear coarse robes is Kisāgotamī.”

> Pali: … Lūkhacīvaradharānaṁ yadidaṁ kisāgotamī.

[¶24] AN 1.247

> Pali: AN 1.247

[¶25] “… who are committed to faith is Sigālaka’s Mother.”

> Pali: … Saddhādhimuttānaṁ yadidaṁ siṅgālakamātā”ti.

[¶26] > Pali: Vaggo pañcamo.