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Khuddaka Nikāya - The Minor Texts

Khuddapatha - The Minor Passages

The Questions to the Boy


What is said to be one?
All beings subsist on food.

What is said to be two?
Mind and body.

What is said to be three?
The three feelings.

What is said to be four?
The four noble truths.

What is said to be five?
The five constituent groups of mind and body that provide fuel for attachment.

What is said to be six?
The six internal sense spheres.

What is said to be seven?
The seven factors of Awakening.

What is said to be eight?
The noble path with eight factors.

What is said to be nine?
The nine abodes of beings.

What is said to be ten?
When endowed with ten factors he is said to be Worthy.

Eka nāma kiṁ?
Sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā.

Dve nāma kiṁ?
Nāmañ-ca rūpañ-ca.

Tīṇi nāma kiṁ?
Tisso vedanā.

Cattāri nāma kiṁ?
Cattāri ariyasaccāni.

Pañca nāma kiṁ?
Pañcupādānakkhandhā.

Cha nāma kiṁ?
Cha ajjhattikāni āyatanāni.

Satta nāma kiṁ?
Satta Bojjhaṅgā.

Aṭṭha nāma kiṁ?
Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo.

Nava nāma kiṁ?
Nava sattāvāsā.

Dasa nāma kiṁ?
Dasah' aṅgehi samannāgato Arahā ti vuccatī ti.