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Dutiyasamudayasutta

Origin (2nd)

Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…
At Varanasi.

ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:
Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta:

“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.
“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.

Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;
What is knowledge?

kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”

“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the origin, the ending, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,

Vedanāya …pe…
feeling,

saññāya …
perception,

saṅkhārānaṁ …
choices,

viññāṇassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
and consciousness.

Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā;
This is called knowledge.

ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.”

Sattamaṁ.