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# Mahasihanadasutta 4.1

Mahāsīhanādasutta 4.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.4.1)

Santi, kassapa, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā paṇḍitā nipuṇā kataparappavādā vālavedhirūpā. Te bhindantā maññe caranti paññāgatena diṭṭhigatāni.

> There are some astute ascetics and brahmins who are subtle, accomplished in the doctrines of others, hair-splitters. You’d think they live to demolish convictions with their intellect.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

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## Translations (4)

- [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.4.1) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.4.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.4.1) — sr
- [Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-rhysdavids.1.4) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.8.384) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.5) — Classical Chinese

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