[903] Through how many means of settlement (samatha) is a legal issue arising from dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa) settled? Through how many means of settlement is a legal issue arising from accusation (anuvādādhikaraṇa) settled? Through how many means of settlement is a legal issue arising from an offence (āpattādhikaraṇa) settled? Through how many means of settlement is a legal issue arising from business (kiccādhikaraṇa) settled?
A legal issue arising from dispute is settled through two means of settlement: through resolution in the presence (sammukhāvinaya) and through decision by majority (yebhuyyasikā).
A legal issue arising from accusation is settled through four means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through the verdict of mindfulness (sativinaya), through the verdict of past insanity (amūḷhavinaya), and through the verdict of aggravated misconduct (tassapāpiyasikā).
A legal issue arising from an offence is settled through three means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through acting upon acknowledgment (paṭiññātakaraṇa), and through covering over as with grass (tiṇavatthāraka).
A legal issue arising from business is settled through one means of settlement: through resolution in the presence.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from dispute and a legal issue arising from accusation settled? A legal issue arising from dispute and a legal issue arising from accusation are settled through five means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through decision by majority, through the verdict of mindfulness, through the verdict of past insanity, and through the verdict of aggravated misconduct.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from dispute and a legal issue arising from an offence settled? A legal issue arising from dispute and a legal issue arising from an offence are settled through four means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through decision by majority, through acting upon acknowledgment, and through covering over as with grass.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from dispute and a legal issue arising from business settled? A legal issue arising from dispute and a legal issue arising from business are settled through two means of settlement: through resolution in the presence and through decision by majority.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from accusation and a legal issue arising from an offence settled? A legal issue arising from accusation and a legal issue arising from an offence are settled through six means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through the verdict of mindfulness, through the verdict of past insanity, through acting upon acknowledgment, through the verdict of aggravated misconduct, and through covering over as with grass.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from accusation and a legal issue arising from business settled? A legal issue arising from accusation and a legal issue arising from business are settled through four means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through the verdict of mindfulness, through the verdict of past insanity, and through the verdict of aggravated misconduct.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from an offence and a legal issue arising from business settled? A legal issue arising from an offence and a legal issue arising from business are settled through three means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through acting upon acknowledgment, and through covering over as with grass.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from dispute, a legal issue arising from accusation, and a legal issue arising from an offence settled? A legal issue arising from dispute, a legal issue arising from accusation, and a legal issue arising from an offence are settled through seven means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through decision by majority, through the verdict of mindfulness, through the verdict of past insanity, through acting upon acknowledgment, through the verdict of aggravated misconduct, and through covering over as with grass.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from dispute, a legal issue arising from accusation, and a legal issue arising from business settled? A legal issue arising from dispute, a legal issue arising from accusation, and a legal issue arising from business are settled through five means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through decision by majority, through the verdict of mindfulness, through the verdict of past insanity, and through the verdict of aggravated misconduct.
Through how many means of settlement are a legal issue arising from dispute, a legal issue arising from accusation, a legal issue arising from an offence, and a legal issue arising from business settled? A legal issue arising from dispute, a legal issue arising from accusation, a legal issue arising from an offence, and a legal issue arising from business are settled through seven means of settlement: through resolution in the presence, through decision by majority, through the verdict of mindfulness, through the verdict of past insanity, through acting upon acknowledgment, through the verdict of aggravated misconduct, and through covering over as with grass.
The Section on Settling (Sammantivāra), the Seventeenth, is finished.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.