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# Mahagovindasutta 43.1

Mahāgovindasutta 43.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.43.1)

Atha kho, bho, mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo puratthimena nagarassa navaṃ sandhāgāraṃ kārāpetvā vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyi, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyi;

> Then the Great Steward had a new ceremonial hall built to the east of his citadel, where he went on retreat for the four months of the rainy season and practiced the absorption on compassion.  
> — The Great Steward

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## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.43.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.43.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.43.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.317) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.25) — Classical Chinese
- [大堅固婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahagovindiyasutra*zh-danapala.2.5) — Classical Chinese

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