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# King Mahāsudassana 1.3.8

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.3.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.8)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

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## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.3.8) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.3.8) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.3.8) — 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 (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.68.7) — Classical Chinese
- [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.5) — Pāli

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