[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) › [Mahasihanadasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8) › 17.2 # Mahasihanadasutta 17.2 Mahāsīhanādasutta 17.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.2) “dujjāno, bho gotama, samaṇo, dujjāno brāhmaṇo”ti. > “It’s hard, worthy Gotama, to know a true ascetic or a true brahmin.” > — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa - [Previous: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.1) - [Next: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.3) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17) ## Translations (3) - [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.17.2) — English - [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.17.2) — German - [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.17.2) — sr ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.18) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.2) · Pramāṇa