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This is the third great reference. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (5) - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.4.10.1) — sr - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.4.10.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.4.10.1) — German - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.4.10.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.4.10) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāpadesasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180.6.2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.4.10) · Pramāṇa