2. Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.16

Linked Discourses 19.16

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2. Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two

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Asīsakasutta

A Headless Trunk

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“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asīsakaṁ kabandhaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a headless trunk flying through the air.

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Tassa ure akkhīni ceva honti mukhañca.

Its eyes and mouth were on its chest.

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Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti.

Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and clawing

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So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…

as it screamed in pain. …” …

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eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe hāriko nāma coraghātako ahosi …pe….

“That being used to be an executioner named Taker right here in Rājagaha. …”

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Chaṭṭhaṁ.