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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

1: The Book of the Ones

1. Obsession of the Mind - 248–257

1“The foremost of my laymen in first going for refuge are the merchants Tapussa and Bhallika.

2 … as a donor is the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika.

3 … who speak on the teaching is the householder Citta Macchikāsaṇḍika.

4 … who attract a congregation by the four ways of being inclusive is Hatthaka Āḷavaka.

5 … who donate fine things is Mahānāma Sakka.

6 … who donate nice things is the householder Ugga of Vesālī.

7 … who attend on the Saṅgha is the householder Uggata of Hatthi Village.

8 … who have experiential confidence is Sūrambaṭṭha.

9 … who have confidence in a person is Jīvaka Komārabhacca.

10 … who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s father.”

vi. Sixth Subchapter

1"Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṁ upāsakānaṁ paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchantānaṁ yadidaṁ tapussabhallikā vāṇijā. (1)

2…   Dāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ sudatto gahapati anāthapiṇḍiko. (2)

3…   Dhammakathikānaṁ yadidaṁ citto gahapati macchikāsaṇḍiko. (3)

4…   Catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi parisaṁ saṅgaṇhantānaṁ yadidaṁ hatthako āḷavako. (4)

5…   Paṇītadāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ mahānāmo sakko. (5)

6…   Manāpadāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ uggo gahapati vesāliko. (6)

7…   Saṅghupaṭṭhākānaṁ yadidaṁ hatthigāmako uggato gahapati. (7)

8…   Aveccappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ sūrambaṭṭho. (8)

9…   Puggalappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ jīvako komārabhacco. (9)

10…   Vissāsakānaṁ yadidaṁ nakulapitā gahapatī"ti. (10)

Vaggo chaṭṭho.