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# Tevijjasutta 36.3

Tevijjasutta 36.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.36.3)

Tasmā idaṃ tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ tevijjāiriṇantipi vuccati, tevijjāvivanantipi vuccati, tevijjābyasanantipi vuccatī”ti.

> That’s why the three Vedas of the brahmins are called a ‘salted land’ and a ‘barren land’ and a ‘disaster’.”  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

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## Translations (4)

- [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.36.3) — sr
- [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.36.3) — English
- [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.36.3) — German
- [Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids.1.36) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.56) — Classical Chinese

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