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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1679

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1679

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### [v2.c31.1679](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1679)

1. Mahāpañha Sutta.—A series of questions and answers forming an epitome of the Buddha’s teachings; each question contains one statement (\*uddesa\*) and one exposition (\*veyyākaraṇa\*), and so on, up to ten, which consists of ten subjects (\*dasa akusalakammapathā\*) put in one group.¹ It is probably this sutta which is referred to as the Mahāpañhā in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.²

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