Saṁyutta Nikāya 30.1 1. Supaṇṇavagga Suddhikasutta

Linked Discourses 30.1 1. Phoenixes Plain Version

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, supaṇṇayoniyo.

“Mendicants, phoenixes reproduce in these four ways.

1.3

Katamā catasso?

What four?

1.4

Aṇḍajā supaṇṇā, jalābujā supaṇṇā, saṁsedajā supaṇṇā, opapātikā supaṇṇā—

Phoenixes are born from eggs, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously.

1.5

imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso supaṇṇayoniyo”ti.

These are the four ways that phoenixes reproduce.”

1.6

Paṭhamaṁ.