Five discourses, each keeping its own individual key prefix rather than sharing one unified prefix
Length
~1 minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — trivial once SN 33.1–5's own cycle is understood
Why this discourse
This merged file opens this saṃyutta's third diagnostic-verb cycle, using anabhisamaya ("not comprehending") in place of adassana ("not seeing"), applied identically across all five aggregates. Unlike SN 33.6–10's own unified-prefix encoding, bilara-data preserves this cycle with each of its five sub-discourses keeping its own individual key prefix (sn33.11:, sn33.12:, and so on) — the same per-sutta-prefix convention this project has previously seen at SN 23's own merged files.
Reading guide
A third diagnostic verb, the same structure
"It is because of not comprehending form … feeling … This is the cause, this is the reason" — the identical five-aggregate diagnostic claim, now using anabhisamaya ("not comprehending").
Per-sutta prefixes, not a single unified one
Each of this file's five sub-discourses keeps its own individual key prefix — sn33.11:, sn33.12:, sn33.13:, sn33.14:, sn33.15: — rather than sharing SN 33.6–10's own single unified prefix, confirming this saṃyutta itself mixes both known encoding conventions from one merged file to the next.
Only the opening discourse carries any real content
Of the five sub-discourses, only sn33.11 preserves the opening frame ("at Sāvatthī") and the diagnostic answer's first line; sn33.12–15 each contribute only their own single aggregate-name, trusting the reader to supply the rest.
Third of eleven cycles, eight more still to come
With "not knowing," "not seeing," and now "not comprehending" all confirmed across the five aggregates, this saṃyutta's own eleven-verb structure continues, eight further diagnostic verbs still ahead.
Key terms
anabhisamaya — not comprehending, or not fully penetrating — the third of eleven near-synonymous diagnostic verbs
rūpa — form — the only aggregate given any surviving frame in this file's own opening sub-discourse
adassana — not seeing — the previous cycle's own diagnostic verb, replaced here by anabhisamaya
viññāṇa — consciousness — the fifth and final aggregate, closing this file's own five-part set at sn33.15
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing four of the five sub-discourses to a single aggregate-name each
The text
The complete merged file: the opening sub-discourse with its surviving frame, and the remaining four sub-discourses' own bare aggregate-names. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī. “Vaccha, it is because of not comprehending form …
§2feeling …
§3perception …
§4choices …
§5consciousness …”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
How many discourses does this single merged file compress?
Correct: A. The third of this saṃyutta's eleven five-discourse diagnostic-verb cycles.
Question 2 of 5
What diagnostic verb does this cycle use?
Correct: A. The third of eleven near-synonymous diagnostic verbs this saṃyutta cycles through.
Question 3 of 5
How does this file's key encoding differ from SN 33.6–10's own?
Correct: A. Confirming this saṃyutta mixes both known encoding conventions across its own merged files.
Question 4 of 5
How much content survives for the four sub-discourses after the first one?
Correct: A. Trusting the reader to supply the rest from the opening sub-discourse.
Question 5 of 5
How many diagnostic-verb cycles remain after this one?
Correct: A. This saṃyutta's own eleven-verb structure continues well beyond this third confirmation.
