Ten discourses compressed into a single bilara-data file, carrying no independent content beyond an explicit cross-reference
Length
<1 minute to read, per the source's own actual content
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★ — brief in its own written form, structurally confirmed to represent ten discourses reusing already-translated content
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this file carries no independent content of its own: it instructs the reader to “tell in full as in the chapter on searches at SN 45.161–170” — this project's own already-completed vagga from the Maggasaṃyutta — rather than repeating its own ten themes a second time in this book.
Reading guide
A direct cross-reference, continuing this project's own established pattern
This project's own comparison: as with the Diligence and Hard-Work vaggas immediately preceding it (SN 51.45-54 and SN 51.55-66), this vagga simply points back to an already-translated chapter (here, SN 45.161-170) rather than rewriting its own content — the same compression pattern, now applied to the “searches” (esanā) chapter.
Ten themes, not similes this time
Confirmed by direct reading of this file's own closing uddāna, this vagga's own ten items name mental qualities and afflictions directly — searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, troubles, feelings, craving, and thirst — rather than the external similes (rivers, iron balls, hard work) used by the vaggas immediately before it.
A shift in kind, not in structure
This project's own observation: though this vagga's own ten items name abstract afflictions rather than concrete images, the underlying structure — one cross-reference instruction standing in for ten full discourses — remains identical to every other peyyāla vagga this project has confirmed in this saṃyutta so far.
Key terms
Esanāvaggo vitthāretabbo — “the Searches chapter is to be elaborated in full” — this file's own entire root Pāli content, a bare cross-reference instruction
esanā — “searches” — this vagga's own governing theme and its own first item, shared with this project's own already-completed SN 45.161-170
āsavo...bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso — “defilements... states of existence, three kinds of suffering” — the uddāna's own middle group of afflictions
khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca — “barrenness, stains, and troubles” — three further afflictions named in the uddāna's own third line
vedanā taṇhā tasinā — “feelings, craving, and thirst” — the uddāna's own closing three items
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in the chapter on searches at SN 45.161–170.)
UddānaSearches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, and troubles, feelings, craving, and thirst.
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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 does this file instruct the reader to do, rather than rewriting the searches teaching a second time?
Correct: A. A direct cross-reference to this project's own already-completed chapter.
Question 2 of 3
How does this vagga's own ten items differ in kind from the vaggas immediately before it (Diligence and Hard Work)?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading: searches, defilements, states of existence, suffering, craving, and other afflictions, not concrete similes.
Question 3 of 3
What does this project's own observation say about the underlying structure despite this shift in content type?
Correct: A. This project's own confirmation: content type changes, but the compression structure stays the same.
