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# Mahasihanadasutta 44.2

Mahāsīhanādasutta 44.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12.44.2)

tapassī sudaṃ homi paramatapassī, lūkho sudaṃ homi paramalūkho, jegucchī sudaṃ homi paramajegucchī, pavivitto sudaṃ homi paramapavivitto.

> I used to be a fervent mortifier, the ultimate fervent mortifier. I used to live rough, the ultimate rough-liver. I used to live in disgust of sin, the ultimate one living in disgust of sin. I used to be secluded, in ultimate seclusion.  
> — The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

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## Translations (5)

- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12~sr-brankokovacevic.44.2) — sr
- [Большое наставление о львином рыке](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12~ru-sv.44.2) — Russian
- [Die längere Lehrrede über das Löwengebrüll](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12~de-sabbamitta.44.2) — German
- [The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12~en-sujato.44.2) — English
- [Il discorso più lungo sul ruggito del leone](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12~it-giovannizappa.44.2) — Italian

## Linked texts (1)

- [佛說身毛喜豎經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.lomaharsanasutra*zh-weijing.2.18) — Classical Chinese

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