MahÄpañha Sutta
1. MahÄpañha Sutta.- A series of questions and answers forming an epitome of the Buddha’s teachings; each question contains one statement (uddesa) and one exposition (veyyÄkaraṇa), and so on, up to ten, which consists of ten subjects (dasa akusalakammapaá¹hÄ) put in one group (A.v.48ff). It is probably this sutta which is referred to as the MahÄpañhÄ in the Aá¹…guttara NikÄya. A.v.54.
2. MahÄpañha Sutta.- A number of lay devotees of KajañgalÄ visit the KajañgalÄ bhikkhuṇī (q.v.) and ask her to explain in detail the MahÄpañhÄ as stated by the Buddha. She answers that she has heard neither the explanation of the Buddha nor that of the Arahants, but she will explain them according to her own lights, and proceeds to do so. The devotees report her explanation to the Buddha, who praises her wisdom and declares that his own explanation would have been identical. A.v.54ff.
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