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# With Ambaṭṭha 2.12

Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.12

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.1)

Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:

> Then it occurred to the Buddha,  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.2)

“passati kho me ayaṃ ambaṭṭho māṇavo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.

> “This student Ambaṭṭha sees all the marks except two,  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.3)

Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—

> which he has doubts about:  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.4)

kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā”ti.

> whether the private parts are sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.5)

Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhāsi. Yathā addasa ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato kosohitaṃ vatthaguyhaṃ.

> Then the Buddha used his psychic power to will that Ambaṭṭha would see his private parts sheathed in a foreskin.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.6)

Atha kho bhagavā jivhaṃ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi, ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi, kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi.

> And he stuck out his tongue and stroked back and forth on his ear holes and nostrils, and covered his entire forehead with his tongue.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.7)

Atha kho ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa etadahosi:

> Then Ambaṭṭha thought,  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.8)

“samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi, no aparipuṇṇehī”ti.

> “The ascetic Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks completely, lacking none.”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.9)

Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> He said to the Buddha,  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.10)

“handa ca dāni mayaṃ, bho gotama, gacchāma, bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyā”ti.

> “Well, now, sir, I must go. I have many duties, and much to do.”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.11)

“Yassadāni tvaṃ, ambaṭṭha, kālaṃ maññasī”ti.

> “Please, Ambaṭṭha, go at your convenience.”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.12.12)

Atha kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo vaḷavārathamāruyha pakkāmi.

> Then Ambaṭṭha mounted his chariot drawn by mares and left.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

## Translations (5)

- [အမ္ဗဋ္ဌသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~my-myteam.2.12.1) — Burmese
- [Mit Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~de-sabbamitta.2.12.1) — German
- [With Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-sujato.2.12.1) — English
- [Razgovor sa Ambaṭṭhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~sr-brankokovacevic.2.12.1) — sr
- [Ambattha Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-rhysdavids.2.16.8) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.3.288) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.20.107) — Classical Chinese
- [佛開解梵志阿颰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.ambasthasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.70) — Classical Chinese
- [Brahmāyusutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.91.7.2) — Pāli

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