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# With Soṇadaṇḍa 15.1-10

Soṇadaṇḍasutta 15.1-10

- **Language:** Pāli

### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.1)

“Imesaṃ pana, brāhmaṇa, catunnaṃ aṅgānaṃ sakkā ekaṃ aṅgaṃ ṭhapayitvā tīhaṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ paññapetuṃ;

> “But brahmin, is it possible to set aside one of these four factors and still rightly describe someone as a brahmin?”  
> — With Soṇadaṇḍa

### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.2)

‘brāhmaṇosmī’ti ca vadamāno sammā vadeyya, na ca pana musāvādaṃ āpajjeyyā”ti?

### [15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.3)

“Sakkā, bho gotama.

> “It is possible, worthy Gotama.  
> — With Soṇadaṇḍa

### [15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.4)

Imesañhi, bho gotama, catunnaṃ aṅgānaṃ mante ṭhapayāma.

> We could leave the hymns out of the four factors.  
> — With Soṇadaṇḍa

### [15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.5)

Kiñhi mantā karissanti?

> For what do the hymns matter?  
> — With Soṇadaṇḍa

### [15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.6)

Yato kho, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto hoti mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena;

### [15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.7)

sīlavā ca hoti vuddhasīlī vuddhasīlena samannāgato;

### [15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.8)

paṇḍito ca hoti medhāvī paṭhamo vā dutiyo vā sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ.

### [15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.9)

Imehi kho, bho gotama, tīhaṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ paññapenti;

> A brahmin must possess the remaining three factors for the brahmins to rightly describe him as a brahmin.”  
> — With Soṇadaṇḍa

### [15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.15.10)

‘brāhmaṇosmī’ti ca vadamāno sammā vadeyya, na ca pana musāvādaṃ āpajjeyyā”ti.

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Soṇadaṇḍom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~sr-brankokovacevic.15.1) — sr
- [With Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~en-sujato.15.1) — English
- [Mit Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~de-sabbamitta.15.1) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.22.32) — Classical Chinese

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