[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) › 5.18 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.18 Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.18 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.1) Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano nāma ahosi cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato. > Once upon a time, there was a king named Mahāsudassana who was a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extended to all four sides, he achieved stability in the country, and he possessed the seven treasures. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.2) Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa ayaṃ kusinārā kusāvatī nāma rājadhānī ahosi. > His capital was this Kusinārā, which at the time was named Kusāvatī. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.3) puratthimena ca pacchimena ca dvādasayojanāni āyāmena; uttarena ca dakkhiṇena ca sattayojanāni vitthārena. > It stretched for twelve leagues from east to west, and seven leagues from north to south. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.4) Kusāvatī, ānanda, rājadhānī iddhā ceva ahosi phītā ca bahujanā ca ākiṇṇamanussā ca subhikkhā ca. > The royal capital of Kusāvatī was successful and prosperous, populous and full of people, with plenty of food. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [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 ### [5.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.6) evameva kho, ānanda, kusāvatī rājadhānī iddhā ceva ahosi phītā ca bahujanā ca ākiṇṇamanussā ca subhikkhā ca. ### [5.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.7) Kusāvatī, ānanda, rājadhānī dasahi saddehi avivittā ahosi divā ceva rattiñca, seyyathidaṃ— > Kusāvatī was never free of ten sounds by day or night, namely: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.8) hatthisaddena assasaddena rathasaddena bherisaddena mudiṅgasaddena vīṇāsaddena gītasaddena saṅkhasaddena sammasaddena pāṇitāḷasaddena ‘asnātha pivatha khādathā’ti dasamena saddena. > the sound of elephants, horses, chariots, drums, clay drums, arched harps, singing, horns, gongs, and handbells; and the cry: ‘Eat, drink, be merry!’ as the tenth. > — 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.5.18.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.18.1) — sr - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.18.1) — German - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.18.1) — 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.17.1.3.5) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18) · Pramāṇa