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# With Ambaṭṭha 1.9

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.9.1)

Atha kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo yena so vihāro saṃvutadvāro, tena appasaddo upasaṅkamitvā ataramāno āḷindaṃ pavisitvā ukkāsitvā aggaḷaṃ ākoṭesi. Vivari bhagavā dvāraṃ.

> So he approached the Buddha’s dwelling, cleared his throat and knocked on the door-panel, and the Buddha opened the door.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [1.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.9.2)

Pāvisi ambaṭṭho māṇavo. Māṇavakāpi pavisitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu, sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu.

> Ambaṭṭha and the young students entered the dwelling. The young students exchanged greetings with the Buddha, and when the greetings and polite conversation were over, sat down to one side.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [1.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.9.3)

Ambaṭṭho pana māṇavo caṅkamantopi nisinnena bhagavatā kañci kañci kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāreti, ṭhitopi nisinnena bhagavatā kañci kañci kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāreti.

> But while the Buddha was sitting, Ambaṭṭha spoke some polite words or other while walking around or standing.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.9.4)

Atha kho bhagavā ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavoca:

> So the Buddha said to him,  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [1.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.9.5)

“evaṃ nu te, ambaṭṭha, brāhmaṇehi vuddhehi mahallakehi ācariyapācariyehi saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo hoti, yathayidaṃ caraṃ tiṭṭhaṃ nisinnena mayā kiñci kiñci kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretī”ti?

> “Ambaṭṭha, is this how you hold a discussion with elderly and senior brahmins, the tutors of tutors: walking around or standing while I’m sitting, speaking some polite words or other?”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

## Translations (5)

- [အမ္ဗဋ္ဌသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~my-myteam.1.9.1) — Burmese
- [Mit Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~de-sabbamitta.1.9.1) — German
- [With Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-sujato.1.9.1) — English
- [Razgovor sa Ambaṭṭhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~sr-brankokovacevic.1.9.1) — sr
- [Ambattha Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-rhysdavids.1.9) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.3.261) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.20.11) — Classical Chinese
- [佛開解梵志阿颰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.ambasthasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.9) — Classical Chinese

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