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# King Mahāsudassana 1.3

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.3

- **Language:** Pāli

## Contents

- [1.3.3 1. Kusāvatīrājadhānī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.3)

### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.1)

“Mā hevaṃ, ānanda, avaca; mā hevaṃ, ānanda, avaca:

> “Don’t say that, Ānanda! Don’t say that  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.2)

‘khuddakanagarakaṃ ujjaṅgalanagarakaṃ sākhānagarakan’ti.

> this is a little hamlet, a jungle hamlet, a branch hamlet.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### 1. Kusāvatīrājadhānī

### [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

### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.5)

Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa ayaṃ kusinārā kusāvatī nāma rājadhānī ahosi.

> His capital was this Kusinārā, which at the time was named Kusāvatī.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.6)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.7)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [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

### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.9)

evameva kho, ānanda, kusāvatī rājadhānī iddhā ceva ahosi phītā ca bahujanā ca ākiṇṇamanussā ca subhikkhā ca.

### [1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.10)

Kusāvatī, ānanda, rājadhānī dasahi saddehi avivittā ahosi divā ceva rattiñca, seyyathidaṃ—

> Kusāvatī was never free of ten sounds by day or night, namely:  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.3.11)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.3.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.3.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.3.1) — 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.16.5.18.2) — Pāli

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