[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) › [Mahanidanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15) › 2.14 # Mahanidanasutta 2.14 Mahānidānasutta 2.14 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.2.14) ‘Kiṃpaccayā phasso’ti iti ce vadeyya, ‘nāmarūpapaccayā phasso’ti iccassa vacanīyaṃ. > If they say, ‘What is a requirement for contact?’ you should answer, ‘Name and form are requirements for contact.’ > — The Great Discourse on Causation - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.2) ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.2.14) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.2.14) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.2.14) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.2.14) — German ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.10) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.5) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.4) — Classical Chinese - [大生義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-danapala.1.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.2.14) · Pramāṇa