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Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. In the Minor Collection The Pāli Text of the Nettippakaraṇa 1. The Chapter on Compilation That which the world reveres, And the world-protector always bows to; This excellent teaching of that supreme man Is to be known by the wise. The twelve-word discourse, All of it, both expression and meaning; Both are to be understood: What is the meaning? Which is the expression? Sixteen modes are the Nettī, Five methods are the investigation of the teaching; Eighteen root-terms Were expounded by Mahākaccāna. The modes are the analysis of expression, The methods of the discourse are three, and the meaning of the discourse; Both are encompassed, It is called a discourse, according to the discourse. Both the teaching itself, And that which is taught, are to be understood; Herein is the sequence, The investigation of the nine-fold Suttanta. The Chapter on Compilation.