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# Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.18.5

Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.18.5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.5)

Seyyathāpi, ānanda, devānaṃ āḷakamandā nāma rājadhānī iddhā ceva hoti phītā ca bahujanā ca ākiṇṇayakkhā ca subhikkhā ca;

> It was just like Āḷakamandā, the royal capital of the gods, which is successful and prosperous, populous and full of spirits, with plenty of food.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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## Translations (5)

- [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.5.18.5) — Russian
- [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.18.5) — German
- [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.18.5) — sr
- [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.18.5) — English
- [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.5.43) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mahāsudassanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.8) — Pāli

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