[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahasamayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20) › 7.1-24 # Mahasamayasutta 7.1-24 Mahāsamayasutta 7.1-24 - **Language:** Pāli ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.1) Sattasahassā te yakkhā, > There are seven thousand spirits, > — The Great Congregation ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.2) bhummā kāpilavatthavā; > earth-gods of Kapilavatthu. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.3) Iddhimanto jutimanto, > They’re powerful and brilliant, > — The Great Congregation ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.4) vaṇṇavanto yasassino; > so beautiful and glorious. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.5) Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ, > Rejoicing, they’ve come forth > — The Great Congregation ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.6) bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. > to the meeting of mendicants in the wood. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.7) Chasahassā hemavatā, > From the Himalayas there are six thousand > — The Great Congregation ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.8) yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino; > spirits of different colors. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.9) Iddhimanto jutimanto, > They’re powerful and brilliant, > — The Great Congregation ### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.10) vaṇṇavanto yasassino; > so beautiful and glorious. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.11) Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ, > Rejoicing, they’ve come forth > — The Great Congregation ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.12) bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. > to the meeting of mendicants in the wood. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.13) Sātāgirā tisahassā, > From Mount Sātā there are three thousand > — The Great Congregation ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.14) yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino; > spirits of different colors. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.15) Iddhimanto jutimanto, > They’re powerful and brilliant, > — The Great Congregation ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.16) vaṇṇavanto yasassino; > so beautiful and glorious. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.17) Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ, > Rejoicing, they’ve come forth > — The Great Congregation ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.18) bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. > to the meeting of mendicants in the wood. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.19) Iccete soḷasasahassā, > And thus there are sixteen thousand > — The Great Congregation ### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.20) yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino; > spirits of different colors. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.21) Iddhimanto jutimanto, > They’re powerful and brilliant, > — The Great Congregation ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.22) vaṇṇavanto yasassino; > so beautiful and glorious. > — The Great Congregation ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.23) Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ, > Rejoicing, they’ve come forth > — The Great Congregation ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.24) bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. > to 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.7.1) — sr - [The Great Congregation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~en-sujato.7.1) — English - [Die große Zusammenkunft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~de-sabbamitta.7.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.20.335) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.19.15) — Classical Chinese - [大三摩惹經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahasamayasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.1-24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.7.1-24) · Pramāṇa