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# Mahapadesasutta 8.2

Mahāpadesasutta 8.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180.8.2)

‘asukasmiṃ nāma āvāse eko thero bhikkhu viharati bahussuto āgatāgamo dhammadharo vinayadharo mātikādharo.

> ‘In such-and-such monastery there is a single senior mendicant who is very learned, an inheritor of the heritage, who has memorized the teachings, the monastic law, and the outlines.  
> — The Four Great References

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## Translations (2)

- [The Four Great References](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180~en-sujato.8.2) — English
- [Die vier großen Bezugspunkte](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180~de-sabbamitta.8.2) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.28.5.8) — Classical Chinese

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