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AN 4.231

Kavi sutta: Poets

Kavisutta

Duccaritavagga

Four kinds of poets.

Translations

“Mendicants, there are these four poets. What four?

A poet who thoughtfully composes their own work, a poet who repeats the oral transmission, a poet who educates, and a poet who improvises.

These are the four poets.”

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