Oh! Thanks to @DerekS’s interest in the hindrances I am discovering some very interesting things!
Firstly, we do already have an example that is very close to the hindrances, although it doesn’t contain this term, “sustained by”:
SN46.2:1.3
evameva kho, bhikkhave, pañca nīvaraṇā āhāraṭṭhitikā, āhāraṁ paṭicca tiṭṭhanti, anāhārā no tiṭṭhanti.
In the same way, the five hindrances are sustained by fuel. They depend on fuel to continue, and without fuel they don’t continue.
Next, I think “fuels the arising of” would be a great example. It returns 2 results, SN46.51 and SN46.2. They both explain how the hindrances and the awakening factors as their opposites are strengthened and weakened.
An example with “drowsiness” that returns AN7.61, but not only AN7.61, does not exist.
Other ones are:
obstacles and hindrances (3 results)
there are these five hindrances (3 results, none of which in the AN Fives, interestingly)
hindrances, corruptions of the heart (25 results; and in two other cases we have “hindrances, parasites of the mind” instead—which is an inconsistency in the Pali, not in the translation! This phrase describes the function of the hindrances: they weaken wisdom.)
hindrances are entirely (2 results; they are “entirely a heap of the unskillful”.)
That’s perhaps a good start for the hindrances? I still have to add them to the repository and find German counterparts, where already translated.
Then perhaps we should leave in “drowsiness” until we can actually find AN7.61?
None of the three of us could find it. We need something memorable here, hopefully not a singleton. The examples “nodding off” and “give up drowsiness” both work. And “nodding off” is actually the English title. But both are singletons and hide the richness of the actual resources in the Dhamma.
The Rule of Fifty isn’t like a vinaya rule for me–it’s more like a gentle guidance to think if there might be a better example. Users by default only see five results but can choose up to 50. And as I scan the results for “drowsiness”, they are all useful. For example, from way down the search list:
We find it with “perception of light”. On top of that we could still add “give up drowsiness” or “nodding”—which I like actually.
Ah! Reading your post further, it seems you’d still prefer the 85 drowsinesses? I had already removed them because I felt confident to find something better, but was wrong; so far. I’ll add it again then.
fuels the arising of | (no German translation yet)
obstacles and hindrances | Hemmnisse und Hindernisse
there are these five hindrances | (no German translation yet)
hindrances, corruptions of the heart | Hindernisse auf, die Verunreinigungen des Herzens
hindrances are entirely | Hindernisse sind ganz und gar
Oh, and I forgot: I’ve still added “Benommenheit” (the counterpart of drowsiness).
@DerekS, you’ll see them on Dhammaregen (and ebt-site) tomorrow morning from around 2021-07-03T05:00:00Z on. On Voice they will only appear when we release a new version.
Ah, and btw, we have all these impressive similes that stand for the five hindrances that are in SN46.55 (plus AN5.193), that start all with “water”. Type “Wasser” in the Dhammaregen search box, and you’ll find them!
And, another btw, the 46th Samyutta is called the “linked discourses on the awakening factors”—the awakening factors being the direct opposites to the hindrances.
Added “give thinking”. This yields a few results led by AN8.31. The core teaching is “eight gifts”, but that generates a singleton AN8.31 without connections. So the mnemonic here doesn’t have “eight” although all three suttas name eight ways.
act after careful consideration | abwägen, bevor du handelst
This returns 2 Suttas, AN 8.12 and MN 56. In both cases, a prominent disciple of the Jains wants to become a disciple of the Buddha after a conversation with him, and the Buddha warns them that in their position, they should be careful what they do—which convinces them even more.
In one case, the person goes to the Buddha in order to beat him in debate, in the other—the general Sīha, which I have just translated—he is already inspired from what he has heard about the Buddha and finally goes there, after first the leader of the Jains has tried to discourage him.
In both cases, the person in question attains stream entry.
I am replacing “favoritism, hostility, stupidity” by the keyword search “favoritism hostility stupidity”, as in AN 8.33, the terms are separated, not by a comma, but by “or”.
This one really startled by because I’m such a fan of the oral tradition.
I’m understanding this sutta as saying that litany has no value in and of itself. When we listen to others with proper attention, some words are more valuable than others.
Oh, and I changed “unsurpassable things” to simply “unsurpassable”. I’ve been puzzled about “unsurpassable” in DN34 for months now and AN6.30 has the answer:
AN6.30:1.3: The unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, service, and recollection.
Thanks! 
