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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

IX. Confirmed — AN 4.86: Sunk Low

1“These four people are found in the world. What four?

  1. One sunk low who sinks lower,
  2. one sunk low who rises high,
  3. one risen high who sinks low, and
  4. one risen high who rises higher.

… These are the four people found in the world.”

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro?

Oṇatoṇato,

oṇatuṇṇato,

uṇṇatoṇato,

uṇṇatuṇṇato. …  

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.