[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Vatthasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7) › 2.2 # Vatthasutta 2.2 Vatthasutta 2.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.2.2) tamenaṃ rajako yasmiṃ yasmiṃ raṅgajāte upasaṃhareyya—yadi nīlakāya yadi pītakāya yadi lohitakāya yadi mañjiṭṭhakāya durattavaṇṇamevassa aparisuddhavaṇṇamevassa. > No matter what dye the dyer applied—whether blue or yellow or red or magenta—it would look poorly dyed and impure in color. > — The Simile of the Cloth - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.2) ## Translations (7) - [Mowa o szacie](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~pl-hardao.2.2) — pl - [Il discorso sulla similitudine del panno](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~it-giovannizappa.2.2) — Italian - [Palyginimas su drobe](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~lt-piyadassi.2.2) — lt - [Das Gleichnis vom Tuch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~de-sabbamitta.2.2) — German - [Пример с тканью](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~ru-sv.2.2) — Russian - [Poređenje sa tkaninom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~sr-brankokovacevic.2.2) — sr - [The Simile of the Cloth](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~en-sujato.2.2) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.13.5.6) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.93.4) — Classical Chinese - [梵志計水淨經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.vastrasutra*zh-t51.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.2.2) · Pramāṇa