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# Advice from Nandaka 2.1-4

Nandakovādasutta 2.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.2.1)

Atha kho mahāpajāpatigotamī pañcamattehi bhikkhunisatehi saddhiṃ yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho mahāpajāpatigotamī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> Then Mahāpajāpati Gotamī together with around five hundred nuns approached the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.2.2)

“ovadatu, bhante, bhagavā bhikkhuniyo;

> “Sir, may the Buddha please advise  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.2.3)

anusāsatu, bhante, bhagavā bhikkhuniyo;

> and instruct the nuns.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.2.4)

karotu, bhante, bhagavā bhikkhunīnaṃ dhammiṃ kathan”ti.

> Please give the nuns a Dhamma talk.”  
> — Advice from Nandaka

## Translations (4)

- [Il discorso sul consiglio di Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~it-giovannizappa.2.1) — Italian
- [Advice from Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~en-sujato.2.1) — English
- [Nandakas Unterweisung](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German
- [Совет от Нандаки](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~ru-sv.2.1) — Russian

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.276.5) — Classical Chinese

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