<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.13.1 -->

[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) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Tevijjasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13) › 13.1

# Tevijjasutta 13.1

Tevijjasutta 13.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.13.1)

“Kiṃ pana, vāseṭṭha, yepi tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro, yesamidaṃ etarahi tevijjā brāhmaṇā porāṇaṃ mantapadaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ, tadanugāyanti, tadanubhāsanti, bhāsitamanubhāsanti, vācitamanuvācenti, seyyathidaṃ—aṭṭhako vāmako vāmadevo vessāmitto yamataggi aṅgīraso bhāradvājo vāseṭṭho kassapo bhagu.

> “Well, what of the ancient seers of the brahmins proficient in the three Vedas, namely Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamadaggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, and Bhagu? They were the authors and propagators of the hymns. Their hymnal was sung and propagated and compiled in ancient times; and these days, brahmins continue to sing and chant it, chanting what was chanted and teaching what was taught.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

- [Previous: 12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.12.8)
- [Next: 13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.13.2)
- [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.13)

## Translations (5)

- [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.13.1) — sr
- [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.13.1) — English
- [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.13.1) — German
- [On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids1881.1.13) — English
- [Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids.1.13) — English

## Linked texts (6)

- [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.6.35.1.1) — Pāli
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.21) — Classical Chinese
- [Ambaṭṭhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.8.1) — Pāli
- [Caṅkīsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.95.12.7) — Pāli
- [Tevijjasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.20.1) — Pāli
- [Doṇabrāhmaṇasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.192.3.1) — Pāli

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.13.1) · Pramāṇa
