Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.231
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 4.231
23. Duccaritavagga
23. Bad Conduct
Kavisutta
Poets
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kavī.
“Mendicants, there are these four poets.
Katame cattāro?
What four?
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.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kavī”ti.
These are the four poets.”
Ekādasamaṁ.
Duccaritavaggo tatiyo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Duccaritaṁ diṭṭhi akataññū ca,
Pāṇātipātāpi dve maggā;
Dve vohārapathā vuttā,
Ahirikaṁ duppaññakavinā cāti.