Nandamāṇavakapañhāniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Cūḷaniddesa · Vol. 30 · Section 284

[284] **"Do they call one endowed with knowledge (ñāṇa) a sage (muni)?"** means: they call, speak of, declare, explain, and designate as a sage one who is endowed, fully endowed, approached, fully approached, come to possess, fully come to possess, and furnished with the knowledge of the eight attainments (aṭṭhasamāpatti) or with the knowledge of the five superknowledges (pañcābhiññā). Therefore, "Do they call one endowed with knowledge a sage?" [Apparatus note in the Siam Raṭṭha text: (1) The Burmese edition reads *jīvatenūpapannaṃ*; so too below. (2) The Burmese edition reads *atthi*.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.