Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

8: The Book of the Eights

85. Designations

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1 "‘Samaṇo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Brāhmaṇo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vedagū’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Bhisakko’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Nimmalo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vimalo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Ñāṇī’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vimutto’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassāti.

2 Yaṃ samaṇena pattabbaṃ,
brāhmaṇena vusīmatā;
Yaṃ vedagunā pattabbaṃ,
bhisakkena anuttaraṃ.

3 Yaṃ nimmalena pattabbaṃ,
vimalena sucīmatā;
Yaṃ ñāṇinā ca pattabbaṃ,
vimuttena anuttaraṃ.

4 Sohaṃ vijitasangāmo,
mutto mocemi bandhanā;
Nāgomhi paramadanto,
asekho parinibbuto"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.