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Saṃyutta Nikāya · Discourses 45.92–95

Four Discourses on Slanting East

Pācīnaninnasutta — Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga

Setting
Sāvatthī (continuing directly from SN 45.91)
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
Four discourses merged into a single bilara-data file, each keeping only its own river's name
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — four short entries, no new structure

Why this discourse

Four more of ancient India's own great rivers — the Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī — each receive the identical “slants, slopes, and inclines to the east” treatment as the Ganges did at SN 45.91, confirmed by reading this merged file directly to keep only each river's own name, the rest of the simile elided with an ellipsis.

Reading guide

Four named rivers, genuinely distinct geography

Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī are each named individually rather than folded into one generic “other rivers” statement, confirmed by reading the merged file's own four separate entries directly — specific, named geography, not a vague gesture at rivers in general.

Setting up SN 45.96's own collective statement

These four rivers, together with the Ganges (SN 45.91), are the same five SN 45.96 will name together in one collective statement closing this vagga's own first round — confirmed by reading ahead to SN 45.96's own text directly.

Key terms

yamunā nadī — the Yamunā river, the first of four 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 and last, completing the five great rivers with the Ganges
pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā — “slants, slopes, and inclines to the east” — the identical formula applied to each of these four rivers in turn

The text

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

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

45.93 — Aciravatī“… the Aciravatī river …”

45.94 — Sarabhū“… the Sarabhū river …”

45.95 — Mahī“… the Mahī river …”

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Self-check quiz

3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.

Question 1 of 3
How many rivers does this merged page name?
Correct: A. Specific, named geography — Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī — not a vague gesture at rivers in general.
Question 2 of 3
What happens to each river's own full simile in this merged file?
Correct: A. Confirmed by reading the merged file directly — the identical compression pattern as this saṃyutta's own other merged pages.
Question 3 of 3
What do these four rivers, together with the Ganges, set up?
Correct: A. Confirmed by reading ahead to SN 45.96's own text directly.
Answered 0 of 3 · Correct 0

Further reading

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