23. Duccaritavagga

23. Bad Conduct

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.231

Numbered Discourses 4.231

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23. Duccaritavagga

23. Bad Conduct

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Kavisutta

Poets

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“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kavī.

“Mendicants, there are these four poets.

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Katame cattāro?

What four?

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Cintākavi, sutakavi, atthakavi, paṭibhānakavi—

A poet who thoughtfully composes their own work, a poet who repeats the oral transmission, a poet who educates, and a poet who improvises.

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Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kavī”ti.

These are the four poets.”

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Ekādasamaṁ.

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Duccaritavaggo tatiyo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Duccaritaṁ diṭṭhi akataññū ca,

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Pāṇātipātāpi dve maggā;

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Dve vohārapathā vuttā,

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Ahirikaṁ duppaññakavinā cāti.