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# Mahasamayasutta 12.1-14

Mahāsamayasutta 12.1-14

- **Language:** Pāli

### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.1)

Jitā vajirahatthena,

> Defeated by Vajirahattha,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.2)

samuddaṃ asurāsitā;

> the titans live in the ocean.  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.3)

Bhātaro vāsavassete,

> They’re brothers of Vāsava,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.4)

iddhimanto yasassino.

> powerful and glorious.  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.5)

Kālakañcā mahābhismā,

> There’s the terrifying Kālakañjas,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.6)

asurā dānaveghasā;

> the Dānava and Ghasa titans,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.7)

Vepacitti sucitti ca,

> Vepacitti and Sucitti,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.8)

pahārādo namucī saha.

> Pahārāda with Namuci,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.9)

Satañca baliputtānaṃ,

> and Bali’s hundred sons,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.10)

sabbe verocanāmakā;

> all named after Virocana.  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.11)

Sannayhitvā balisenaṃ,

> Bali’s army armed themselves  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.12)

rāhubhaddamupāgamuṃ;

> and went to the auspicious Rāhu, saying:  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.13)

‘Samayo dāni bhaddante,

> ‘Now is the time, sir,  
> — The Great Congregation

### [12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.12.14)

bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ’.

> for the meeting of mendicants in the wood.’  
> — The Great Congregation

## Translations (3)

- [Veliko okupljanje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~sr-brankokovacevic.12.1) — sr
- [The Great Congregation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~en-sujato.12.1) — English
- [Die große Zusammenkunft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~de-sabbamitta.12.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.20.339) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.19.21) — Classical Chinese
- [大三摩惹經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahasamayasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.22) — Classical Chinese

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