{"id":"dhp44-59","title":"4. Flowers","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp44-59","title":"4. Flowers","units":[{"id":"dhp44:0","sourceIds":["dhp44:0.1","dhp44:0.2","dhp44:0.3","dhp44:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nPupphavagga\nPathavikathāpasutapañcasatabhikkhuvatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 44–59\n4. 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Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}