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# Kathavatthu 4.7.5

Kathāvatthu 4.7.5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.7.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu.4.7.5.1)

Cakkavattisatto lakkhaṇasamannāgato, cakkavattisatto bodhisattoti?

> A wheel-turning being is endowed with the marks; is a wheel-turning being a bodhisatta?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.7.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu.4.7.5.2)

Āmantā.

> Yes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.7.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu.4.7.5.3)

Yādiso bodhisattassa pubbayogo pubbacariyā dhammakkhānaṃ dhammadesanā, tādiso cakkavattisattassa pubbayogo pubbacariyā dhammakkhānaṃ dhammadesanāti?

> Just as the bodhisatta had previous preparation, previous conduct, declaration of the Dhamma, and teaching of the Dhamma, does a wheel-turning being have such previous preparation, previous conduct, declaration of the Dhamma, and teaching of the Dhamma?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.7.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu.4.7.5.4)

Na hevaṃ vattabbe …pe….

> It should not be said thus …pe….  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu~en-mt.4.7.5.1) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Mūlaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu!ananda) — Ānanda (Vanaratana), Pāli
- [Pañcappakaraṇaṭṭhakathā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap!pancappakaranatthakatha) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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