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# Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.31.2

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.31.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31.2)

Seyyathāpi nāma bandhujīvakapupphaṃ lohitakaṃ lohitakavaṇṇaṃ lohitakanidassanaṃ lohitakanibhāsaṃ. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ lohitakaṃ lohitakavaṇṇaṃ lohitakanidassanaṃ lohitakanibhāsaṃ.

> They’re like a scarlet mallow flower that’s red, with red color and red appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, red, with red color and red appearance.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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## Translations (4)

- [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.3.31.2) — Russian
- [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.3.31.2) — German
- [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.3.31.2) — sr
- [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.3.31.2) — English

## Linked texts (4)

- [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.3.1.161) — Pāli
- [Dasuttarasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.34.2.1.182) — Pāli
- [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.25) — Pāli
- [Paṭhamakosalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.29.12.2) — Pāli

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