Sāvatthī (by inference from the vagga's own cross-reference)
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly (by inference)
Form
Ten discourses compressed into a single bilara-data file carrying only a cross-reference instruction and a closing uddāna
Length
A few seconds to read; no independently translatable content beyond the cross-reference itself
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the barest possible peyyāla stub, entirely dependent on cross-referenced content
Why this discourse
This vagga's own name (“Punaesanāvagga,” “Again-Searches”) and its position, immediately following the established run of second-pass vaggas (14, 15, 16), together confirm this is the second Searches pass in this saṃyutta's own two-cycle peyyāla structure — cross-referencing the identical ten topics already met at SN 45.161 and again at SN 46.111-120.
Reading guide
No formula label this time -- reported honestly, not smoothed over
Unlike Vaggas 14, 15, and 16 — each of which explicitly labeled itself “removal of greed version” in English and carried its own separate “rāgavasena vitthāretabbo” instruction in Pāli — this vagga's own file gives only “tell in full as in SN 45.161–170,” with no formula qualifier of any kind in either language. The vagga's own name and its position in the established sequence are the only confirmed evidence this is the second Searches pass; the specific formula it elaborates is not itself labeled in the source, and this reading guide does not invent a label the source withholds.
A cross-reference folded into the opening key, not a separate one
This vagga's own cross-reference instruction is confirmed to sit directly at key 1.1 in both languages, rather than in a separate later key (as Vaggas 14-16's own instructions each occupied their own key 3.1) — a minor structural variation among files that otherwise share the identical no-body-text peyyāla pattern.
Key terms
tisso esanā: kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā — “three searches: for sensual pleasures, for continued existence, and for a spiritual path” — the identical threefold search already met at SN 45.161 and SN 46.111-120, this saṃyutta's own recurring opening list
vitthāretabbaṁ — “to be elaborated in full” — the source's own cross-reference instruction, confirmed here to sit at key 1.1 rather than in a separate later key
punaesanāvaggo — “the Again-Searches chapter” — this vagga's own name, the clearest confirmed marker of its own position as the second Searches pass
sattarasamo — “the seventeenth” — confirming this vagga's own position within this saṃyutta's own count
esanā vidhā āsavo, bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso — “search, kind, defilement, existence, and three forms of suffering” — the closing uddāna's own opening line, worded identically to Vagga 12's own closing uddāna
The text
This vagga's own file carries no independently translatable body text beyond its own cross-reference instruction, honestly presented as such rather than padded with invented content. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)
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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
What is the ONLY confirmed evidence that this vagga is the second Searches pass, rather than simply a repeat of Vagga 12?
Correct: A. Unlike Vaggas 14-16, this vagga's own file carries no explicit formula label — reported honestly rather than assumed.
Question 2 of 3
How does this vagga's own cross-reference instruction differ structurally from Vaggas 14-16's own instructions?
Correct: A. A minor structural variation confirmed by direct comparison of the bilara-data files.
Question 3 of 3
What are the three searches this vagga's own cross-reference ultimately points back to?
Correct: A. The identical threefold search already met at SN 45.161 and SN 46.111-120.
