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

• Narrative literature · Udānavarga · Sanskrit

  vitarka.pramathitasya.jantunas.tīvra.rāgasya.śubha.anudarśinaḥ / bhūyas.tṛṣṇā.pravardhate.gāḍham.hy.eṣa.karoti.bandhanam //

• Tipiṭaka · Cūḷaniddesa · Pāli

  Yā nandī lokassa saṁyojanaṁ lagganaṁ bandhanaṁ upakkileso, imāya nandiyā loko yutto payutto āyutto samāyutto laggo laggito palibuddhoti— nandisaṁyojano loko. <b>Vitakkassa vicāraṇan</b>ti. <b>Vitakkā</b>ti nava vitakkā— kāmavitakko, byāpādavitakko, vihiṁsāvitakko, ñātivitakko janapadavitakko, amarāvitakko, parānudayatāpaṭisaṁyutto vitakko, lābhasakkārasilokapaṭisaṁyutto vitakko, anavaññattipaṭisaṁyutto vitakko. Ime vuccanti nava vitakkā. Ime nava vitakkā lokassa cāraṇā vicāraṇā paṭivicāraṇā. Imehi navahi vitakkehi loko carati vicarati paṭivicaratīti— vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ. <b>Taṇhāya vippahānena nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī</b>ti. <b>Taṇhā</b>ti rūpataṇhā …pe… dhammataṇhā.

• Pāli commentaries · mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

  tattha tassa purisassa sīghagamanakālo viya imassa bhikkhuno vitakkasamāruḷhakālo| tassa saṇikagamanakālo viya imassa vitakkacārapacchedanakālo| tassa ṭhitakālo viya imassa vitakkacāre pacchinne mūlakammaṭṭhānaṃ cittotaraṇakālo| tassa nisinnakālo viya imassa vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattappattakālo| tassa nipannakālo viya imassa nibbānārammaṇāya phalasamāpattiyā divasaṃ vītivattanakālo| tattha ime vitakkā kiṃ hetukā kiṃ paccayāti vitakkānaṃ mūlamūlaṃ gacchantassa vitakkacāro sithilo hoti| tasmiṃ sithilībhūte matthakaṃ gacchante vitakkā sabbaso nirujjhanti| ayamattho duddubhajātakenapi dīpetabbo

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