[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) › 4.5 # Mahanidanasutta 4.5 Mahānidānasutta 4.5 - **Language:** Pāli ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.4.5) “Tasmātihānanda, eseva hetu etaṃ nidānaṃ esa samudayo esa paccayo jarāmaraṇassa, yadidaṃ jāti. > “That’s why this is the cause, source, origin, and reason of old age and death, namely rebirth. > — The Great Discourse on Causation - [Previous: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.4.4) - [Next: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.5.1) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.4) ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.4.5) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.4.5) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.4.5) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.4.5) — German ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.11) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.6) — 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.15.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.4.5) · Pramāṇa