Reading guide
Sharpness as a distinct quality
This project's own reading: “tikkha” (“sharp, keen, penetrating in a cutting sense”) names a quality of incisiveness — wisdom that cuts cleanly through its object — distinct from this vagga's own preceding terms for scale (great, wide, deep) or manner (fast, light, laughing, swift).
One discourse from the close
This project's own direct check of the surrounding root text confirms only one discourse, SN 55.74, remains after this one — closing both this vagga and the entire Sotāpattisaṃyutta at its own seventy-four discourses.
Key terms
tikkhapaññatāya saṁvattanti — “lead to sharp wisdom” — this discourse's own specific result
tikkha — “sharp, keen” — naming a cutting incisiveness, distinct from this vagga's own terms for scale, speed, or lightness
… — the elision marking, standing in for the complete four-condition formula already given in full at SN 55.62
yonisomanasikāro — “rational application of mind” — the third condition, assumed here
Dvādasamaṁ — “the twelfth” — this discourse's own root text confirming its own position directly, read rather than assumed
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, which itself preserves the elision back to SN 55.62. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to sharp wisdom …”
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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 quality does "tikkha" ("sharp") name, per this project's own reading?
Correct: A. This project's own reading of a distinct term within the vagga's own thirteen-part catalog.
Question 2 of 3
How many discourses remain in this saṃyutta after this one, per this project's own direct check?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the surrounding root text — only SN 55.74 remains.
Question 3 of 3
What position does this discourse occupy in the thirteen-part catalog?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the root text's own closing marker "Dvādasamaṁ."