[662] "'One should not insist on local terminology (janapadanirutti), nor overstep common usage (samaññā)' — so it was said. And with reference to what was this said?
And how, bhikkhus, is there insistence upon local terminology and overstepping of common usage? Here, bhikkhus, in some localities they recognize the very same thing as a 'pātī'; they recognize it as a 'patta'; they recognize it as a 'piṭṭha'; they recognize it as a 'sarāva'; they recognize it as a 'harosa'; they recognize it as a 'poṇa'; they recognize it as a 'hana'; they recognize it as a 'pipila'. Thus, in whatever way they recognize it in this or that locality, in just that way one asserts, having insisted with obstinacy and grasping: 'This alone is true; anything else is vain.' It is thus, bhikkhus, that there is insistence upon local terminology and overstepping of common usage.
And how, bhikkhus, is there non-insistence upon local terminology and no overstepping of common usage? Here, bhikkhus, in some localities they recognize the very same thing as a 'pātī'; they recognize it as a 'patta'; they recognize it as a 'piṭṭha'; they recognize it as a 'sarāva'; they recognize it as a 'harosa'; they recognize it as a 'poṇa'; they recognize it as a 'hana'; they recognize it as a 'pipila'. Thus, in whatever way they recognize it in this or that locality, thinking: 'It seems that these venerable ones speak to me with reference to this,' in just that way one speaks, without grasping. It is thus, bhikkhus, that there is non-insistence upon local terminology and no overstepping of common usage.
'One should not insist on local terminology, nor overstep common usage' — when this was said, it was with reference to this that it was said."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.