[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) › [With Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76) › 16.9 # With Sandaka 16.9 Sandakasutta 16.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16.9) Yopi tiṇhena satthena sīsaṃ chindati, na koci kañci jīvitā voropeti. > If you chop off someone’s head with a sharp sword, you don’t take anyone’s life. > — With Sandaka - [Previous: 16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16.8) - [Next: 16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16.10) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16) ## Translations (5) - [Mit Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~de-sabbamitta.16.9) — German - [Il discorso con Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~it-giovannizappa.16.9) — Italian - [With Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~en-sujato.16.9) — English - [К Сандаке](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~ru-sv.16.9) — Russian - [Sandaka sutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~sr-brankokovacevic.16.9) — sr ## Linked texts (2) - [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.26.9) — Pāli - [Mahādiṭṭhisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.24.8.1.9) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16.9) · Pramāṇa