[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) › [Aggannasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27) › 25.3 # Aggannasutta 25.3 Aggaññasutta 25.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.25.3) Iti kho, vāseṭṭha, evametassa suddamaṇḍalassa porāṇena aggaññena akkharena abhinibbatti ahosi tesaṃyeva sattānaṃ anaññesaṃ, sadisānaṃyeva no asadisānaṃ, dhammeneva, no adhammena. > And that, Vāseṭṭha, is how the ancient primordial term for the circle of menials was created; for those very beings, not others; for those like them, not unlike; by virtue of principle, not against principle. > — What Came First - [Previous: 25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.25.2) - [Next: 25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.25.4) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.25) ## Translations (3) - [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.25.3) — sr - [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.25.3) — English - [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.25.3) — German ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.26) — 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.3.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.25.3) · Pramāṇa