‘Venerable Nāgasena, with how many qualities must a member of the Order (a Bhikshu) be endowed to realise Arahatship?’

‘The brother, O king, who wishes to attain Arahatship must take:

1. One quality of the ass
2. And five of the cock
3. And one of the squirrel
4. And one of the female panther
5. And two of the male panther
6. And five of the tortoise
7. And one of the bamboo
8. And one of the bow
9. And two of the crow
10. And two of the monkey
11. And one of the gourd
12. And three of the lotus
13. And two of seed
14. And one of the Sal-tree
15. And three of a ship
16. And two of the anchor
17. And one of the mast
18. And three of the pilot
19. And one of the sailor
20. And five of the ocean
21. And five of the earth
22. And five of water
23. And five of fire
24. And five of wind
25. And five of rock
26. And five of space
27. And five of the moon
28. And seven of the sun
29. And three of Sakka
30. And four of a sovran overlord
31. And one of the white ant
32. And two of the cat
33. And one of the rat
34. And one of the scorpion
35. And one of the mungoose
36. And two of the old jackal
37. And three of the deer
38. And four of the bull
39. And two of the boar
40. And five of the elephant
41. And seven of the lion
42. And three of the cakravāka bird
43. And two of the Peṇāhikā bird
44. And one of the house-pigeon
45. And two of the owl
46. And one of the crane
47. And two of the bat
48. And one of the leech
49. And three of the serpent
50. And one of the rock-snake
51. And one of the road spider
52. And one of the child at the breast
53. And one of the land tortoise
54. And five of the mountain height
55. And three of the tree
56. And five of the rain-cloud
57. And three of the jewel
58. And four of the hunter
59. And two of the fisherman
60. And two of the carpenter
61. And one of the waterpot
62. And two of iron
63. And three of a sunshade
64. And three of a rice field
65. And two of medicine
66. And three of food
67. And four of the archer.
68. And four of the king.
69. And two of the doorkeeper.
70. And one of a grindstone.
71. And two of a lamp.
72. And two of the peacock.
73. And two of the steed.
74. And two of the publican.
75. And two of a threshold.
76. And one of a balance.
77. And two of a sword.
78. And two of a fish.
79. And one of a borrower.
80. And two of a sick man.
81. And two of a corpse.
82. And two of. a river.
83. And one of a buffalo.
84. And two of a road.
85. And one of a tax-gatherer.
86. And three of a thief.
87. And one of the hawk.
88. And one of the dog.
89. And three of the physician.
90. And two of a woman with child.
91. And one of the yak cow.
92. And two of the hen.
93. And three of the dove.
94. And two of the one-eyed man.
95. And three of the husbandman.
96. And one of the female jackal.
97. And two of the dyers’ straining-cloth.
98. And one of a spoon.
99. And one of the negociator of a loan.
100. And one of a collector.
101. And two of a charioteer.
102. And two of a village headman.
103. And one of a tailor.
104. And one of a helmsman.
105. And two of a bee.’

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