BrahmajālasuttaTiracchānakathā

Suttapiṭaka · Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga · Vol. 9 · Section 20

[20] Or again, whereas some honorable ascetics and brahmins, while eating food given in faith, make their living by wrong livelihood (micchājīva), by low arts (tiracchānavijjā) of such kinds as these — that is to say: reading the marks of gems, the marks of staves, the marks of cloth, the marks of knives, the marks of swords, the marks of arrows, the marks of bows, the marks of weapons, the marks of women, the marks of men, the marks of boys, the marks of girls, the marks of male slaves, the marks of female slaves, the marks of elephants, the marks of horses, the marks of buffaloes, the marks of bulls, the marks of cattle, the marks of goats, the marks of rams, the marks of chickens, the marks of quails, the marks of monitor lizards, the marks of long-eared animals (kaṇṇikā), the marks of tortoises, the marks of deer — the ascetic Gotama abstains from wrong livelihood by low arts of such kinds. Thus indeed, bhikkhus, might an ordinary person (puthujjana) speak when speaking praise of the Tathāgata.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.