SN 45.104–108 — Four Discourses on Slanting East, Etc.

Reading guide

Five entries, individually prefixed

Confirmed by reading this merged file's own raw keys directly: each of the five discourses (SN 45.104–108) keeps its own uid prefix, matching this project's own earlier encounter with this encoding style at SN 43.14-43, not the single continuous prefix Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga's own merged pages used.

The collective statement, folded in this time

SN 45.108 (“all the great rivers”) sits inside this same merged file alongside the four individual rivers, confirmed by direct reading — unlike Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga's own first round, where the matching collective statement (SN 45.96) received a separate, full discourse of its own.

Key terms

yamunā nadī — the Yamunā river, the first of four individual rivers in this merged run

aciravatī nadī — the Aciravatī river, the second

sarabhū nadī — the Sarabhū river, the third

mahī nadī — the Mahī river, the fourth

sabbā tā mahānadiyo — “all the great rivers” — this run's own fifth and last entry, the collective statement folded in here rather than given its own separate discourse

The text

Every genuinely translated fragment in this merged file, quoted in full. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

45.104 — Yamunā“Mendicants, the Yamunā river slants, slopes, and inclines to the east. …”

45.105 — Aciravatī“… the Aciravatī river …”

45.106 — Sarabhū“… the Sarabhū river …”

45.107 — Mahī“… the Mahī river …”

45.108 — all the great rivers“… all the great rivers …”

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Self-check quiz

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Question 1 of 3

What encoding style does this merged file use, confirmed by reading its own raw keys?

Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — bilara-data's own merged files are not uniform in their own internal structure.

Question 2 of 3

How does this file's own treatment of the collective river statement differ from Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga's own first round?

Correct: A. A genuine structural simplification confirmed across all six of this vagga's own merged rounds.

Question 3 of 3

How many rivers does this merged page name individually, before the collective statement?

Correct: A. Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī, followed by the collective fifth entry.

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Four Discourses on Slanting East, Etc.

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