VaggaNatthiarahatoakālamaccūtikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1695

[1695] Sakavādin: Is there no untimely death (akālamaccu) for an Arahant (arahanta)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is there no killer of an Arahant (arahantaghātaka)? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Is there a killer of an Arahant? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is there untimely death for an Arahant? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Is there no untimely death for an Arahant? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: One who deprives an Arahant of life — does he deprive him of life when life, that is, a remainder of life (jīvitāvasesa), exists, or does he deprive him of life when life, that is, a remainder of life, does not exist? Paravādin: He deprives him of life when life, that is, a remainder of life, exists. Sakavādin: If he deprives him of life when life, that is, a remainder of life, exists, then surely you should not say: "There is no untimely death for an Arahant." Paravādin: He deprives him of life when life, that is, a remainder of life, does not exist. Sakavādin: Is there no killer of an Arahant? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.