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# Brahmajalasutta 2.16.1-2

Brahmajālasutta 2.16.1-2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.16.1)

Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti catūhi vatthūhi.

> There are some ascetics and brahmins who speculate and theorize about size, and assert that the cosmos is finite or infinite on four grounds.  
> — The Divine Net

### [2.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.16.2)

Te ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti catūhi vatthūhi?

> And what are the four grounds on which they rely?  
> — The Divine Net

## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.16.1) — Russian
- [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.16.1) — sr
- [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.16.1) — German
- [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.16.1) — English
- [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.16) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.53) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.25) — Classical Chinese
- [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.36) — Classical Chinese

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