Revata of the Acacia Wood

Cālā, Upacālā, Sīsupacālā—*These are the three sisters whose verses are recorded respectively at SN 5.6 and Thig 7.2; SN 5.7 and Thig 7.3; SN 5.8 and Thig 8.1, with some confusion in the attributions. | The names are feminine vocative singular. Rhys Davids and Norman translated them as masculine following the commentary, despite the grammatical implausibility and the absence of any such male group of three elsewhere. True, there is a Cāla and Upacāla mentioned at AN 10.72:1.2, but despite the text’s claim, all the monks there are otherwise unknown.meditate mindfully!I’ve come to you like a hair-splitter.

“Cāle upacāle sīsūpacāle (…), *Cāle upacāle sīsūpacāle → hale upahale sīsupahale (sya1ed, sya2ed) | (…) → (halā upahalā sīsupahalā) (sya1ed, sya2ed); (cālā upacālā sīsūpacālā)Patissatā nu kho viharatha; *Patissatā → patissatikā (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed, pts2ed, mr)Āgato vo vālaṁ viya vedhī”ti.

Cālā, Upacālā, Sīsupacālā—*These are the three sisters whose verses are recorded respectively at SN 5.6 and Thig 7.2; SN 5.7 and Thig 7.3; SN 5.8 and Thig 8.1, with some confusion in the attributions. | The names are feminine vocative singular. Rhys Davids and Norman translated them as masculine following the commentary, despite the grammatical implausibility and the absence of any such male group of three elsewhere. True, there is a Cāla and Upacāla mentioned at AN 10.72:1.2, but despite the text’s claim, all the monks there are otherwise unknown.“Cāle upacāle sīsūpacāle (…), *Cāle upacāle sīsūpacāle → hale upahale sīsupahale (sya1ed, sya2ed) | (…) → (halā upahalā sīsupahalā) (sya1ed, sya2ed); (cālā upacālā sīsūpacālā)meditate mindfully!Patissatā nu kho viharatha; *Patissatā → patissatikā (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed, pts2ed, mr)I’ve come to you like a hair-splitter.Āgato vo vālaṁ viya vedhī”ti.