kareniel
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7 years ago - [x] split volume # from page # in samyutta index table
- [ ] go through samyutta index and retrieve sutta id
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7 years ago kareniel
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7 years ago There is also an index of similes here: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-similes.html which refers to specific suttas.
kareniel
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7 years ago What can be said about specific similes:
ie: Acrobats
Once upon a time, monks, a bamboo acrobat, having erected a bamboo pole, addressed his assistant, Frying Pan: 'Come, my dear Frying Pan. Climb up the bamboo pole and stand on my shoulders.'
'As you say, Master,' Frying Pan answered the bamboo acrobat and, climbing the bamboo pole, stood on his shoulders.
So then the bamboo acrobat said to his assistant, 'Now you watch after me, my dear Frying Pan, and I'll watch after you. Thus, protecting one another, watching after one another, we'll show off our skill, receive our reward, and come down safely from the bamboo pole.
When he had said this, Frying Pan said to him, 'But that won't do at all, Master. You watch after yourself, and I'll watch after myself, and thus with each of us protecting ourselves, watching after ourselves, we'll show off our skill, receive our reward, and come down safely from the bamboo pole.
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7 years ago Index of Similes, taken from "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, A New TransIation of the Samyutta Nikaaya" by Bhikkhu Bodhi
similes for volume 1
| simile | volume | page |
|---|---|---|
| Acrobats, pair of | 1 | 1648 |
| Adze handle | 1 | 960-61 |
| Ancient city | 1 | 603 |
| Archers, firm-bowed | 1 | 708 |
| Ascent and descent | 1 | 185-87 |
| Baited hook | 1 | 682-83 |
| Balls of clay | 1 | 623,652 |
| Beryl gem | 1 | 160 |
| Bonfire | 1 | 589 |
| Brand from a pyre | 1 | 920 |
| Bubble on water | 1 | 951 |
| Bull elephant | 1 | 710 |
| Burden and its bearer | 1 | 871-72 |
| Calf, young | 1 | 918 |
| Cat and mouse | 1 | 711 |
| Charcoal pit | 1 | 598-99 |
| Chariot | 1 | 230 |
| City of mustard seeds | 1 | 654 |
| Clay pot, hot | 1 | 588 |
| Cloth, laundering of | 1 | 945 |
| Cow, flayed | 1 | 598 |
| Crab, mutilated | 1 | 216 |
| Cream-of-ghee | 1 | 10,341,041 |
| Crow, hungry | 1 | 216-17 |
| Disciples who recollect aeons | 1 | 655 |
| Dog on a leash | 1 | 957,958 |
| Drops from the ocean | 1 | 623-24 |
| Drum pegs | 1 | 708 |
| Dung beetle | 1 | 684 |
| Elephant's footprint | 1 | 179 |
| Families with many women | 1 | 707 |
| Fingernail of soil | 1 | 621,706,956 |
| Fire-sticks, pair of | 1 | 597 |
| Flowers, best of fragrant | 1 | 962 |
| Gale winds | 1 | 685 |
| Goat, long-haired | 1 | 683-84 |
| Gold, disappearance of | 1 | 681 |
| Grains of gravel | 1 | 624-25 |
| Grass and sticks | 1 | 651 |
| Grass in Jeta's Grove | 1 | 877 |
| Grass torch | 1 | 636-37 |
| Hand in space | 1 | 664 |
| Heartwood, searching for | 1 | 951-52; |
| Heartwoods, best of fragrant | 1 | 962; |
| Hen nurturing eggs | 1 | 959-60 |
| Horsehair rope | 1 | 690 |
| Hundred spears | 1 | 599,618; |
| Jackal | 1 | 685,712 |
| Licchavi warriors | 1 | 709 |
| Lion the king of beasts | 1 | 913; |
| Lotus pond | 1 | 182-83,233 |
| Lotus unsullied by water | 1 | 950 |
| Lump of cowdung | 1 | 954 |
| Lump of foam | 1 | 951 |
| Magical illusion | 1 | 952 |
| Mangoes, bunch of | 1 | 961 |
| Mirage | 1 | 951 |
| Monkey in forest | 1 | 595 |
| Moon, radiance of | 1 | 962; |
| Moon, waxing and waning | 1 | 669 |
| Morning star | 1 | 160 |
| Mountain made of stone | 1 | 654 |
| Mountain rain | 1 | 556; |
| Mountains approaching from all sides | 1 | 192 |
| Oil lamp | 1 | 590,942; |
| Ornament of gold | 1 | 160 |
| Painting on a wall | 1 | 600,959 |
| Path, man skilled in | 1 | 930 |
| Peaked house | 1 | 706,961-62; |
| Lump of foam | 1 | 951 |
| Magical illusion | 1 | 952 |
| Mangoes, bunch of | 1 | 961 |
| Mirage | 1 | 951 |
| Monkey in forest | 1 | 595 |
| Moon, radiance of | 1 | 962; |
| Moon, waxing and waning | 1 | 669 |
| Morning star | 1 | 160 |
| Mountain made of stone | 1 | 654 |
| Mountain rain | 1 | 556; |
| Mountains approaching from all sides | 1 | 192 |
| Oil lamp | 1 | 590,942; |
| Ornament of gold | 1 | 160 |
| Painting on a wall | 1 | 600,959 |
| Path, man skilled in | 1 | 930 |
| Peaked house | 1 | 706,961-62; |
| Plantain tree | 1 | 692,951-52; |
| Ploughman | 1 | 267-68,961 |
| Poisoned beverage | 1 | 606,607 |
| Pond full of water | 1 | 621-22; |
| Pregnant mule | 1 | 692 |
| Rain cloud | 1 | 191-92; |
| River with swift current | 1 | 949 |
| Roots, best of fragrant | 1 | 962; |
| Rush-cutter | 1 | 961 |
| Sand castles | 1 | 985 |
| Sapling, tender | 1 | 592 |
| Scent of a lotus | 1 | 944 |
| Seed sown in field | 1 | 229 |
| Seedlings, young | 1 | 918-19 |
| Servant, treacherous | 1 | 933-34 |
| Sharp-pointed spear | 1 | 707 |
| Sheaves of reeds | 1 | 608 |
| Similar things unite | 1 | 640 |
| Son's flesh | 1 | 597-98 |
| Stick thrown into air | 1 | 656; |
| Sun in clear sky | 1 | 160,962; |
| Sunbeam | 1 | 601 |
| Surge of the ocean | 1 | 611-12 |
| Tree, great | 1 | 591-94 |
| Turtle, heedless | 1 | 683 |
| Water at the confluence | 1 | 622-23; |
| Well without a bucket | 1 | 611 |
| Wheel-turning monarch | 1 | 962 |
| Wild dog | 1 | 693 |
| Youth fond of ornaments | 1 | 928 |
| Youth in battle | 1 | 190-91 |
kareniel
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7 years ago similes for vol 2
| simile | volume | page |
|---|---|---|
| Animals, six | 2 | 1255-57 |
| Balls of clay | 2 | 1876 |
| Basket of leaves | 2 | 1858-59 |
| Body depends on food | 2 | 1568 |
| Boulder in a pool | 2 | 1337 |
| Bowl of oil | 2 | 1649 |
| Bowl of water | 2 | 1611-15 |
| Bull fond of barley | 2 | 1253 |
| Cart, old | 2 | 1637 |
| Charcoal pit | 2 | 1248 |
| Chariot | 2 | 1239-40 |
| Conch blower | 2 | 1344 |
| Conflagration | 2 | 1867 |
| Cook, king's | 2 | 1634-35 |
| Corruptions of gold | 2 | 1590 |
| Darkness between worlds | 2 | 1870 |
| Dart, man struck by | 2 | 1264 |
| Dawn as the forerunner | 2 | 1543-44,1579,1580,1596,1861 |
| Divine vehicle | 2 | 1525-26 |
| Drops from the ocean | 2 | 1876-77 |
| Elephant's footprint | 2 | 1551,1697-98 |
| Empty village | 2 | 1237-38 |
| Fields, good and bad | 2 | 1338-39,1815 |
| Fingernail of soil | 2 | 187,418,781,879 |
| Fire, tending a | 2 | 1605-7 |
| Fire-sticks, pair of | 2 | 12,701,683 |
| Fisherman | 2 | 1228 |
| Flame flung by wind | 2 | 1393 |
| Flowers, best of fragrant | 2 | 1552 |
| Frontier city | 2 | 1252-53 |
| Ganges, reversing the | 2 | 125,015,581,756 |
| Ganges slants eastwards | 2 | 1548,1622,1665,1704,1709,1713,1746,1762-63 |
| Ganges slants towards ocean | 2 | 1549 |
| Gatekeeper | 2 | 1641-42 |
| Grains of gravel | 2 | 1872-73,1877-78 |
| Grass and sticks | 2 | 1860-61 |
| Grass in Jeta's Grove | 2 | 11,821,210 |
| Guest house | 2 | 12,731,557 |
| Hands and feet | 2 | 1236 |
| Hawk and quail | 2 | 1632 |
| Heartwood, searching for | 2 | 1189 |
| Heartwoods, best of fragrant | 2 | 15,521,698 |
| Hundred spears | 2 | 1860 |
| Indra's pillar | 2 | 1863 |
| Iron ball | 2 | 1741 |
| Iron plate, hot | 2 | 1250 |
| Kasian cloth | 2 | 1552 |
| Kimsrlka tree | 2 | 1251-52 |
| Lion the king of beasts | 2 | 1695 |
| Living beings based on earth | 2 | 1579 |
| Log carried by Ganges | 2 | 1241-44 |
| Lute, sound of a | 2 | 1254 |
| Manifestation of great light | 2 | 1861-62 |
| Milk-sap tree | 2 | 1229 |
| Monkey trap | 2 | 1633 |
| Moon, radiance of | 2 | 1552 |
| Mound of soil | 2 | 1777 |
| Mountain rain | 2 | 1825 |
| Murderous enemies | 2 | 1237-38 |
| Nagas achieve greatness | 2 | 15,541,567 |
| Ocean and its current | 2 | 1226-27 |
| Oil lamp | 2 | 12,681,773 |
| Oxen, pair of | 2 | 123,012,321,315 |
| Pain like a split head | 2 | 1165 |
| Peaked house | 2 | 1247,1551,1577,1695-96,1868-69 |
| Lute, sound of a | 2 | 1254 |
| Manifestation of great light | 2 | 1861-62 |
| Milk-sap tree | 2 | 1229 |
| Monkey trap | 2 | 1633 |
| Moon, radiance of | 2 | 1552 |
| Mound of soil | 2 | 1777 |
| Mountain rain | 2 | 1825 |
| Murderous enemies | 2 | 1237-38 |
| Nagas achieve greatness | 2 | 15,541,567 |
| Ocean and its current | 2 | 1226-27 |
| Oil lamp | 2 | 12,681,773 |
| Oxen, pair of | 2 | 123,012,321,315 |
| Pain like a split head | 2 | 1165 |
| Peaked house | 2 | 1247,1551,1577,169596,1868-69 |
| Plantain tree | 2 | 1233 |
| Pond full of water | 2 | 1874-75 |
| Pot of ghee | 2 | 1337-38,1809 |
| Pot overturned | 2 | 1555 |
| Pot without a stand | 2 | 1537 |
| Precipice | 2 | 1865-66 |
| Raft | 2 | 1238 |
| Rain cloud | 2 | 15,561,774 |
| Rivers slant eastwards | 2 | 1549 |
| Rivers slant towards the ocean | 2 | 1549 |
| Roots, best of fragrant | 2 | 1552 |
| Seed and plant life | 2 | 1553 |
| Sheaf of barley | 2 | 1257 |
| Shed made of reeds | 2 | 1246 |
| Ship on dry land, 1961 | 2 | 1557 |
| Shooting arrows through a split hair | 2 | 1869-70 |
| Simsapa grove | 2 | 1857 |
| Spike of rice | 2 | 15,301,555 |
| Stick thrown into air | 2 | 1859 |
| Stone column | 2 | 1863 |
| Strenuous deeds | 2 | 1553 |
| Sun in clear sky | 2 | 1552 |
| Sunbeam | 2 | 1688 |
| Tathagata the best of beings | 2 | 1550 |
| Thorny forest | 2 | 1249 |
| Tortoise and jackal | 2 | 1240-41 |
| Tree slanting eastwards | 2 | 1554 |
| Tree with broken branches | 2 | 1643-44,1645 |
| Trees, parasitic | 2 | 1593 |
| Trees, the chief of | 2 | 1703-4 |
| Tuft of cotton wool | 2 | 1862 |
| Turtle, blind, and yoke | 2 | 1871-72 |
| Vepacitti, bondage of | 2 | 1258 |
| Vipers, deadly | 2 | 1237-38 |
| Wardrobe full of clothes | 2 | 1574 |
| Water at the confluence | 2 | 18,291,875 |
| Water in the ocean | 2 | 13,811,828 |
| Waterpots, good and bad | 2 | 133940 |
| Winds in the sky | 2 | 12,721,555 |