Saṅgītisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Dīghanikāya · Pāthikavagga · Vol. 11 · Section 255

[255] Four ways of answering questions (pañhābyākaraṇa): 1. A question to be answered categorically (ekaṃsabyākaraṇīyo pañho); 2. A question to be answered with a counter-question (paṭipucchābyākaraṇīyo pañho); 3. A question to be answered after analysis (vibhajjabyākaraṇīyo pañho); 4. A question to be set aside (ṭhapanīyo pañho).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.