[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) › 17.5 # Mahasihanadasutta 17.5 Mahāsīhanādasutta 17.5 - **Language:** Pāli ### [17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.5) Imāya ca, kassapa, mattāya iminā tapopakkamena samaṇo vā abhavissa brāhmaṇo vā dujjāno sudujjāno, netaṃ abhavissa kallaṃ vacanāya: > And if it was only by just that much, only by that course of fervent mortification that it was so very hard to know a true ascetic or brahmin, it wouldn’t be appropriate to say that > — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa - [Previous: 17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.4) - [Next: 17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.6) - [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.17.5) — English - [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.17.5) — German - [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.17.5) — 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.8.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.17.5) · Pramāṇa