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# Culahatthipadopamasutta 17.2

Cūḷahatthipadopamasutta 17.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27.17.2)

vivittaṃ senāsanaṃ bhajati araññaṃ rukkhamūlaṃ pabbataṃ kandaraṃ giriguhaṃ susānaṃ vanapatthaṃ abbhokāsaṃ palālapuñjaṃ.

> they frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.  
> — The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint

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## Translations (5)

- [Kratki govor o poređenju sa otiskom stope slona](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~sr-brankokovacevic.17.2) — sr
- [Das kürzere Gleichnis von der Elefanten-Fußspur](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~de-sabbamitta.17.2) — German
- [Малый пример со следами слона](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~ru-sv.17.2) — Russian
- [The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~en-sujato.17.2) — English
- [Il discorso più corto sulla similitudine dell’impronta dell’elefante](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~it-giovannizappa.17.2) — Italian

## Linked texts (1)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.146.23) — Classical Chinese

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