[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) › [The Book of Fives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5) › [Pancangikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28) › 2.4 # Pancangikasutta 2.4 Pañcaṅgikasutta 2.4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.4) Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dakkho nhāpako vā nhāpakantevāsī vā kaṃsathāle nhānīyacuṇṇāni ākiritvā udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ sanneyya. Sāyaṃ nhānīyapiṇḍi snehānugatā snehaparetā santarabāhirā phuṭā snehena, na ca paggharinī. > It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out. > — With Five Factors - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2) ## Translations (2) - [With Five Factors](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28~en-sujato.2.4) — English - [Mit fünf Faktoren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28~de-sabbamitta.2.4) — German ## Linked texts (4) - [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.76.1) — Pāli - [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.25.4) — Pāli - [Mahāassapurasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.39.15.4) — Pāli - [Kāyagatāsatisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.119.18.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.4) · Pramāṇa