The Buddha presents a repeated tenfold teaching on untitled discourses on ten to forty qualities (1st) in this grouped discourse.

AN 10.225-228 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (1st)

“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe… akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe… vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe… tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe… cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe….

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Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe…

“Someone with ten qualities keeps themselves broken and damaged …

akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe…

keeps themselves intact and unscathed …

vīsatiyā, bhikkhave …pe…

twenty …

tiṁsāya, bhikkhave …pe…

thirty …

cattārīsāya, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato khataṁ upahataṁ attānaṁ pariharati …pe….

forty …”

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Qualities:

Wisdom

Wisdom

Lived understanding and sound judgment that steers the mind away from suffering, distinct from mere accumulation of facts.

Also known as: (of a person) wise, astute, intelligent, learned, skilled, firm, stable, steadfast, an experiential understanding of the four noble truths
Pāli: paññā, medhā, dhīra, paṇḍita, asammūḷha
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