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# Mahasamayasutta 1.1-3

Mahāsamayasutta 1.1-3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.1.1)

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

> So I have heard.  
> — The Great Congregation

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.1.2)

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi;

> At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, in the Great Wood near Kapilavatthu, together with a large Saṅgha of five hundred mendicants, all of whom were perfected ones.  
> — The Great Congregation

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.1.3)

dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca.

> And most of the deities from ten solar systems had gathered to see the Buddha and the Saṅgha of mendicants.  
> — The Great Congregation

## Translations (3)

- [Veliko okupljanje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr
- [The Great Congregation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Die große Zusammenkunft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.20.331) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (5)

- [Samayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.1.1.37.1.2) — Pāli
- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.1192) — Classical Chinese
- [別譯雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-t100.105) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.19.2) — Classical Chinese
- [大三摩惹經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahasamayasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.2) — Classical Chinese

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