Academic | Sutta Name | Notes | PSA Plae | Vagga | Nikaya | PTS | Keywords |
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AN.IV.42 | Pa~nhaa Sutta | Pa~nhabyaakara.na Sutta | The Buddha enumerates four ways of answering a question: 1. answering directly [eka.msabyaakara.na]; 2. answering by dividing one's response [pa.tipucchabyaakara.na]; 3. answering by a question in return [vibhajjabyaakara.na], and; 4. keeping one's silence [.thapaniiyapa~nha]. | 35/159 | Catukanipaata Pa.thama Pa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.ii. |