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# Aggannasutta 16.15

Aggaññasutta 16.15

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.15)

Tadeva porāṇaṃ aggaññaṃ akkharaṃ anusaranti, na tvevassa atthaṃ ājānanti.

> They’re just remembering an ancient primordial saying, but they don’t understand what it means.  
> — What Came First

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## Translations (3)

- [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.16.15) — sr
- [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.16.15) — English
- [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.16.15) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.154.30) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.21) — Classical Chinese
- [白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.vasisthasutra*zh-danapala.2.7) — Classical Chinese

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