Reading guide
A single traditionally-numbered discourse, confirmed
Unlike SN 46.57's own six-part bundle, this discourse's own root Pāli closes with a single title (Puḷavakasutta) and a single closing numeral (“dutiyaṁ,” “the second”) — confirming it represents just one of this vagga's own ten topics, its own sixfold benefit elaboration left entirely to elision rather than written out again.
Key terms
puḷavakasaññā — “the perception of a worm-infested corpse” — this vagga's own second charnel-ground meditation topic
bhāvitā bahulīkatā — “developed and cultivated” — the standard phrase describing sustained meditative practice, here immediately followed by the source's own elision
mahapphalā mahānisaṁsā — the implied benefit carried over from SN 46.57's own full elaboration, understood but not repeated here
satta bojjhaṅgā — the seven awakening factors, implicitly developed together with this meditation topic, per SN 46.57's own established pattern
dutiyaṁ — “the second” — the Pāli root's own closing numeral, confirming this discourse's own position as a single topic, not a further bundle
The text
The complete discourse as the source itself gives it, including its own elision. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, when the perception of a worm-infested corpse is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial. …”
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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 confirms this discourse represents only one topic, unlike SN 46.57's own six-part bundle?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pāli's own structure.
Question 2 of 3
What sixfold structure does this discourse implicitly carry, per SN 46.57's own established pattern?
Correct: A. Left to elision here, but confirmed explicitly at SN 46.57's own opening bundle.
Question 3 of 3
What does this discourse's own topic have in common with SN 46.57's own skeleton perception?
Correct: A. A closely related family of body-contemplation topics opening this vagga's own sequence.