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# Vatthasutta 12.2

Vatthasutta 12.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.12.2)

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, vatthaṃ saṅkiliṭṭhaṃ malaggahitaṃ acchodakaṃ āgamma parisuddhaṃ hoti pariyodātaṃ, ukkāmukhaṃ vā panāgamma jātarūpaṃ parisuddhaṃ hoti pariyodātaṃ;

> Compare with cloth that is dirty and soiled; it can be made pure and clean by pure water. Or native gold, which can be made pure and bright by a forge.  
> — The Simile of the Cloth

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## Translations (7)

- [Mowa o szacie](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~pl-hardao.12.2) — pl
- [Il discorso sulla similitudine del panno](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~it-giovannizappa.12.2) — Italian
- [Palyginimas su drobe](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~lt-piyadassi.12.2) — lt
- [Das Gleichnis vom Tuch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~de-sabbamitta.12.2) — German
- [Пример с тканью](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~ru-sv.12.2) — Russian
- [Poređenje sa tkaninom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~sr-brankokovacevic.12.2) — sr
- [The Simile of the Cloth](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~en-sujato.12.2) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.93.6) — Classical Chinese
- [梵志計水淨經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.vastrasutra*zh-t51.1.3) — Classical Chinese

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