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# King Mahāsudassana 1.3.4

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.3.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.4)

Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano nāma ahosi khattiyo muddhāvasitto cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto.

> Once upon a time, there was a king named Mahāsudassana whose dominion extended to all four sides, and who achieved stability in the country.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

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## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.3.4) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.3.4) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.3.4) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.3) — English

## Linked texts (4)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.68.7) — Classical Chinese
- [Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.743) — G. P. Malalasekera, English
- [Historical Geography of Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.481) — Bimala Churn Law, English
- [Yakṣas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1928.v1.c2.s2.5) — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English

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