[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) › [Mahaparinibbanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) › 3.21 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.21: 17. Aṭṭhaparisā Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.21 - **Language:** Pāli ### 17. Aṭṭhaparisā ### [3.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.21.1) Aṭṭha kho imā, ānanda, parisā. > There are, Ānanda, these eight assemblies. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [3.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.21.2) Katamā aṭṭha? > What eight? > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [3.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.21.3) Khattiyaparisā, brāhmaṇaparisā, gahapatiparisā, samaṇaparisā, cātumahārājikaparisā, tāvatiṃsaparisā, māraparisā, brahmaparisā. > The assemblies of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and ascetics. An assembly of the gods of the four great kings. An assembly of the gods of the thirty-three. An assembly of Māras. An assembly of divinities. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.3.21.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.3.21.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.3.21.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.3.21.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.3.21) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.172) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.3.1.139) — Pāli - [Parisāsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.8.69.1.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.21) · Pramāṇa