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 items yet again in this book.
Reading guide
A direct cross-reference, matching this project's own established pattern
This project's own comparison: exactly as at SN 48.105-114, SN 49.35-44, and SN 50.35-44, this vagga simply points back to this project's own already-translated SN 45.161-170 rather than rewriting its own content a further time — the identical compression pattern, here applied to the four jhānas.
Ten items, confirmed by the closing uddāna
Confirmed by direct reading of this file's own closing uddāna (“searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, and troubles, feelings, craving, and thirst”), this single file's own listed items confirm it spans exactly ten discourses, SN 53.35 through SN 53.44.
Abstract themes, not concrete similes
This project's own observation, already noted at this vagga's own prior occurrences: unlike the Balakaraṇīyavagga's own concrete similes (seeds, dragons, ships), the Esanāvagga's own ten items are abstract qualities and experiences — searches, conceits, defilements, states of being — a different flavor of list within the same recurring five-vagga cycle.
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, shared with this project's own already-completed SN 45.161-170
bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso — “states of existence, three kinds of suffering” — the uddāna's own second item group
khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca — “barrenness, stains, and troubles” — the uddāna's own third item group
vedanā taṇhā tasinā ca — “feelings, craving, and thirst” — the uddāna's own closing three items, confirming ten total
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 teaching on searches yet again?
Correct: A. A direct cross-reference to this project's own already-completed chapter.
Question 2 of 3
How many discourses does this single merged file's own closing uddāna confirm it spans?
Correct: A. Ten items — searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three sufferings, barrenness, stains, troubles, feelings, craving, thirst.
Question 3 of 3
How does the Esanāvagga's own list differ in character from the Balakaraṇīyavagga's own list, per this project's own observation?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison: a different flavor of list within the same recurring cycle.
