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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1709

[1709] S. Should it not be said: "The Saṅgha accepts an offering (dakkhiṇā)"? P. Yes. S. Were not the four pairs of persons (purisayuga), the eight individual persons (purisapuggala), declared by the Blessed One to be worthy of offerings (dakkhiṇeyya)? P. Yes. S. If the four pairs of persons, the eight individual persons, were declared by the Blessed One to be worthy of offerings, then indeed, sir, it should be said: "The Saṅgha accepts an offering."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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