[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) › [With Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5) › 23.9 # With Kūṭadanta 23.9 Kūṭadantasutta 23.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.23.9) Ayaṃ kho, brāhmaṇa, hetu ayaṃ paccayo, yena taṃ niccadānaṃ anukulayaññaṃ imāya tividhāya yaññasampadāya soḷasaparikkhārāya appaṭṭhatarañca appasamārambhatarañca mahapphalatarañca mahānisaṃsatarañcā”ti. > This is the cause, brahmin, this is the reason why those regular gifts as propitious sacrifice have fewer obligations and undertakings, yet are more fruitful and beneficial, compared with the sacrifice accomplished with three modes and sixteen accessories.” > — With Kūṭadanta - [Previous: 23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.23.8) - [Next: 24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.24.1) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.23) ## Translations (5) - [ကူဋဒန္တသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~my-myteam.23.9) — Burmese - [Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~sr-brankokovacevic.23.9) — sr - [Mit Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~de-sabbamitta.23.9) — German - [With Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-sujato.23.9) — English - [Kutadanta Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-rhysdavids.1.23) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.23.55) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.23.9) · Pramāṇa