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# King Mahāsudassana 1.14.4

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.14.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.4)

Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano tameva maṇiratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno caturaṅginiṃ senaṃ sannayhitvā maṇiṃ dhajaggaṃ āropetvā rattandhakāratimisāya pāyāsi.

> Once it so happened that King Mahāsudassana, testing that same jewel-treasure, mobilized his army of four divisions and, with the jewel hoisted on his banner, set out in the dark of the night.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

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## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.14.4) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.14.4) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.14.4) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.33) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.38.4) — Pāli

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