@7 dī. mahā. 10/332/216 mahāsamayasutta Samayo appaṭividdho ahosī"tiādīsu hetu. "tena kho pana samaye uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto samayappavādake tiṇḍukācire ekasālake mallikāya ārāme paṭivasatī"ādīsu diṭṭhi.
"diṭṭhe dhamme ca yo attho yo cattho samparāyiko
atthābhisamayā dhīro paṇḍitoti pavuccatī"tiādīsu paṭilābho. "sammā mānābhisamayā antamakāsi dukkhassā"tiādīsu pahānaṃ. "dukkhassa pīḷanaṭṭho saṅkhataṭṭho santāpaṭṭho vipariṇāmaṭṭho abhisamayaṭṭho"tiādisu paṭivedho. Idha panassa kālo attho. Tena saṃvaccharautumāsaḍḍhamāsarattidiva- pubbaṇhamajjhantikasāyaṇhapaṭhamamajjhimapacchimayāmamuhuttādīsu kālappabhedabhūtesu samayesu ekaṃ samayanti dīpeti.
Tattha kiñcāpi etesu saṃvaccharādīsu samayesu yaṃ yaṃ suttaṃ yamhi yamhi saṃvacchare utumhi māse pakkhe rattibhāge divasabhāge vā vuttaṃ. Sabbantaṃ therassa suviditaṃ suvavatthāpitaṃ paññāya. Yasmā pana "evamme sutaṃ asukasaṃvacchare asukautumha asukamāse asukapakkhe asukarattibhāge asukadivasabhāge vā"ti evaṃ vutte na sakkā sukhena dhāretuṃ vā uddisituṃ vā uddisāpetuṃ vā, bahuñca vattabbaṃ hoti, tasmā ekeneva padena tamatthaṃ samodhānetvā ekaṃ samayan"ti āha.