{"id":"an4.42","title":"Ways of Answering Questions","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.42","title":"Ways of Answering Questions","units":[{"id":"an4.42:0","sourceIds":["an4.42:0.1","an4.42:0.2","an4.42:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.42\n5. Rohitassavagga\nPañhabyākaraṇasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.42\n5. With Rohitassa\nWays of Answering Questions"}},{"id":"an4.42:1","sourceIds":["an4.42:1.1","an4.42:1.2","an4.42:1.3","an4.42:1.4","an4.42:1.5","an4.42:1.6","an4.42:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, pañhabyākaraṇāni.\nKatamāni cattāri?\nAtthi, bhikkhave, pañho ekaṁsabyākaraṇīyo;\natthi, bhikkhave, pañho vibhajjabyākaraṇīyo;\natthi, bhikkhave, pañho paṭipucchābyākaraṇīyo;\natthi, bhikkhave, pañho ṭhapanīyo.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri pañhabyākaraṇānīti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these four ways of answering questions.\nWhat four?\nThere is a question that should be answered categorically.\nThere is a question that should be answered analytically.\nThere is a question that should be answered with a counter-question.\nThere is a question that should be set aside.\nThese are the four ways of answering questions."}},{"id":"an4.42:2","sourceIds":["an4.42:2.1","an4.42:2.2","an4.42:2.3","an4.42:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁsavacanaṁ ekaṁ,\nvibhajjavacanāparaṁ;\nTatiyaṁ paṭipuccheyya,\ncatutthaṁ pana ṭhāpaye.","en":"One is stated categorically,\nanother analytically,\na third with a counter-question,\nwhile a fourth is set aside."}},{"id":"an4.42:3","sourceIds":["an4.42:3.1","an4.42:3.2","an4.42:3.3","an4.42:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca tesaṁ tattha tattha,\njānāti anudhammataṁ;\nCatupañhassa kusalo,\nāhu bhikkhuṁ tathāvidhaṁ.","en":"That sort of mendicant, who knows each of these,\nin line with good principles,\nis said to be skilled\nin the four kinds of questions."}},{"id":"an4.42:4","sourceIds":["an4.42:4.1","an4.42:4.2","an4.42:4.3","an4.42:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Durāsado duppasaho,\ngambhīro duppadhaṁsiyo;\nAtho atthe anatthe ca,\nubhayassa hoti kovido.","en":"They’re intimidating, hard to defeat,\ndeep, and hard to crush.\nThey’re expert in both\nwhat the meaning is and what it isn’t."}},{"id":"an4.42:5","sourceIds":["an4.42:5.1","an4.42:5.2","an4.42:5.3","an4.42:5.4","an4.42:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anatthaṁ parivajjeti,\natthaṁ gaṇhāti paṇḍito;\nAtthābhisamayā dhīro,\npaṇḍitoti pavuccatī”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"Shunning what is not the meaning,\nan astute person grasps the meaning.\nAn attentive one, comprehending the meaning,\nis said to be astute.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.42/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}