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# Mahapadanasutta 1.21.2

Mahāpadānasutta 1.21.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.21.2)

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṃso suparikammakato accho vippasanno anāvilo sabbākārasampanno. Tatrāssa suttaṃ āvutaṃ nīlaṃ vā pītaṃ vā lohitaṃ vā odātaṃ vā paṇḍusuttaṃ vā.

> Suppose there was a beryl gem that was naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked, transparent, clear, and unclouded, endowed with all good qualities. And it was strung with a thread of blue, yellow, red, white, or golden brown.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

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## Translations (3)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.1.21.2) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.21.2) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.21.2) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.55) — Classical Chinese
- [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.48) — Classical Chinese

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