Turtle 1 texts and 3 matches in Similes Suttanta English


Sutta St Title Words Ct Mr Links Quote
sn56.47 Paṭhamachiggaḷayugasutta Saccasaṁyuttaṁ A Yoke With a Hole (1st) turtle 3 1 En Ru

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāsamudde ekacchiggaḷaṁ yugaṁ pakkhipeyya. Tatrāpissa kāṇo kacchapo. So vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjeyya. Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
“Mendicants, suppose a person was to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean. And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years. What do you think, mendicants? ekacchiggaḷaṁ → ekacchiggalaṁ (bj) vinipātagatena bālena → vinipātaṁ gatena bālena (bj); vinītagatena bahulena (mr) "