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Passages where papañca occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

• Pāli commentaries · dukanipāta-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

  appapañcaṃ papañcetī ti na papañcetabbaṭṭhāne papañcaṃ karoti, anācaritabbaṃ maggaṃ carati| tāvatā papañcassa gatī ti yattakā channaṃ phassāyatanānaṃ gati, tattakāva taṇhādiṭṭhimānappabhedassa papañcassa gati| channaṃ, āvuso, phassāyatanānaṃ asesavirāganirodhā papañcanirodho papañcavūpasamo ti etesu chasu āyatanesu sabbaso niruddhesu papañcāpi niruddhāva honti, vūpasantāva hontīti attho| āruppe pana puthujjanadevatānaṃ kiñcāpi pañca phassāyatanāni niruddhāni, chaṭṭhassa pana aniruddhattā tayopi papañcā appahīnāva| apica pañcavokārabhavavaseneva pañho kathitoti| catutthe imināva nayena attho ve

• Śaivism · prāṇatoṣiṇī part 6 · Sanskrit

  nti tyaktvā pāpañca pūruṣam | strīghnairgoghnaiḥ kṛtaghnaiśca brahmaghnairgurutalpagaiḥ | viśvāsaghātibhirduṣṭairmitradrohibhireva ca | satyaghnaiśca kṛtaghnaiśca kīrttighnaiḥ pāpibhistathā | ālāpavārakaiścaiva kanyāvikrayibhistathā | somāpahāribhiścaiva mithyāsākṣyapradātṛbhiḥ | brahmasvahāribhiścaiva tathā sthāpyasya hāribhiḥ | vṛṣavāhairdevalaiśca tathaiva grāmayājibhiḥ | śūdrānnabhojibhiścaiva śūdraśrāddhāhabhojibhiḥ | śrīkṛṣṇavimukhairviprairhiṃsrairnaravighātakaiḥ | gurāvabhaktai rogārtaiḥ śaśvanmithyāpravādibhiḥ | viprastrīgāmibhiḥ śūdrairmātṛgāmibhireva ca | aśvatthaghātibhiścaiva patn

• Tipiṭaka · nett · Pāli

  Papañcā nāma taṇhādiṭṭhimānā, tadabhisaṅkhatā ca saṅkhārā. Ṭhiti nāma anusayā. Sandānaṃ nāma taṇhāya pariyuṭṭhānaṃ, yāni chattiṃsataṇhāya jāliniyā vicaritāni. Paligho nāma moho. Ye ca papañcā saṅkhārā yā ca ṭhiti yaṃ sandānañca yaṃ palighañca yo etaṃ sabbaṃ samatikkanto, ayaṃ vuccati nittaṇho iti.

• Mahāyāna sūtras · Bodhisattvabhūmi · Sanskrit

  tatra katamo bodhisattvasyāvaṣṭambhaja upāyaḥ / iha bodhisattvaḥ svāmibhūto vā rājabhūto vā ādhipatyaprāptaḥ svaṃ vā parijanaṃ sva vā vijitamevaṃ samyak samanuśāsti / yo me kaścitparijane vā vijite vā 'mātṛjño bhaviṣyati vistareṇa yāvaddauśīlyaṃ samādāya vartiṣyate tasyāhamucitaṃ vā bhaktācchādanaṃ samucchetsyāmi vārayiṣyāmi vā tāḍayiṣyāmi vā sarvasvena vā viyojayiṣyāmi sarveṇa vā sarva vijitāt pravāsayiṣyāmīti / tatra ca karmaṇi kuśalān dakṣān pauruṣeyānviniyojayati / te ca sattvāstasmānmahato daṇḍakarmaṇo bhītāḥ pāpañca prajahati kuśalañca samādāya vartante / akāmakā api tena balāvaṣṭambhena

• Tipiṭaka · uda · Pāli

  Tattha yassa papañcā ṭhiti ca natthī ti yasmā bhagavā attānameva paraṃ viya katvā niddisati tasmā yassa aggapuggalassa vuttalakkhaṇā papañcā, tehi katā saṃsāre ṭhiti ca natthi. Nettiyaṃ pana ‘‘ṭhiti nāma anusayo’’ti (netti. 27) vuttaṃ. Anusayo hi bhavapavattiyā mūlanti. Satte saṃsāre papañcentīti papañcā. ‘‘Papañcaṭṭhitī’’ti ca pāṭho. Tassattho – papañcānaṃ ṭhiti vijjamānatā maggena asamucchedo papañcaṭṭhiti, papañcā eva vā avasiṭṭhakusalākusalavipākānaṃ pavattiyā hetubhāvato vaṭṭassa ṭhiti papañcaṭṭhiti, sā yassa aggapuggalassa natthi. Sandānaṃ palighañca vītivatto ti yo bandhanaṭṭhena santānasadisattā ‘‘sandāna’’nti laddhanāmā taṇhādiṭṭhiyo, nibbānanagarapavesanisedhanato …

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