The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Mogharājamāṇavakapañhāniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Cūḷaniddesa · Vol. 30 · Section 501

[501] **"In need of a question we have come" (atthī pañhena āgamaṃ)** means: we have come desirous of a question … in order that it may be pointed out, in order that it may be spoken. Thus too, "in need of a question we have come."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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