Abhayasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 672

[672] Setting at Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, just as the river Gaṅgā slants toward the east, slopes toward the east, inclines toward the east … (peyyāla) Six slant toward the east, and six slant toward the ocean; these two sixes make twelve — therefore it is called a chapter (vagga)." The Gaṅgā Repetition Series (Gaṅgāpeyyāla), the ninth, is finished.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.