Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN19: Connected Discourses with Lakkhaṇa

SN19:5 Sword Hairs

1… "I saw a man with body-hairs of swords moving through the air. Those swords kept on rising up and striking his body while he uttered cries of pain … ."


"That being was a hog butcher in this same Rājagaha … ."

1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa te asī uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …


eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūkariko ahosi … pe … .


Pañcamaṁ.

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