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# Mahasamayasutta 2.1-4

Mahāsamayasutta 2.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.2.1)

Atha kho catunnaṃ suddhāvāsakāyikānaṃ devatānaṃ etadahosi:

> Then four deities of the pure abodes, aware of what was happening, thought:  
> — The Great Congregation

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.2.2)

“ayaṃ kho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi;

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.2.3)

dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca.

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.2.4)

Yannūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekaṃ gāthaṃ bhāseyyāmā”ti.

> “Why don’t we go to the Buddha and each recite a verse in his presence?”  
> — The Great Congregation

## Translations (3)

- [Veliko okupljanje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~sr-brankokovacevic.2.1) — sr
- [The Great Congregation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~en-sujato.2.1) — English
- [Die große Zusammenkunft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [Samayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.1.1.37.1.5) — Pāli
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.19.4) — Classical Chinese
- [大三摩惹經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahasamayasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.4) — Classical Chinese

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