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# Pathamaniddasasutta 3.12

Paṭhamaniddasasutta 3.12

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.42.3.12)

Sakkā nu kho, bhante, imasmiṃ dhammavinaye kevalaṃ vassagaṇanamattena niddaso bhikkhu paññāpetun”ti?

> “Sir, in this teaching and training can we describe a mendicant as a ‘graduate’ solely because they have completed a certain number of years?”  
> — Graduation (1st)

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## Translations (3)

- [Сутта Основания для Без десяти Первая](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.42~ru-sv.3.12) — Russian
- [Graduation (1st)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.42~en-sujato.3.12) — English
- [Abschluss (1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.42~de-sabbamitta.3.12) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [Dutiyaniddasasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.43.5.6) — Pāli

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