[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 Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80) › 3.9 # With Vekhanasa 3.9 Vekhanasasutta 3.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.9) ‘ambho purisa, yaṃ tvaṃ janapadakalyāṇiṃ icchasi kāmesi, jānāsi taṃ janapadakalyāṇiṃ evaṃnāmā evaṅgottāti vāti …pe… dīghā vā rassā vā majjhimā vā kāḷī vā sāmā vā maṅguracchavī vāti … amukasmiṃ gāme vā nigame vā nagare vā’ti? > ‘My friend, that finest lady in the land who you desire—do you know her name or clan? Whether she’s tall or short or medium? Whether her skin is black, brown, or dingy? Whether she comes from such-and-such village, town, or city?’ > — With Vekhanasa - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.10) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3) ## Translations (4) - [With Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~en-sujato.3.9) — English - [Mit Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~de-sabbamitta.3.9) — German - [Il discorso con Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~it-giovannizappa.3.9) — Italian - [К Векханассе](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~ru-sv.3.9) — Russian ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.209.7) — Classical Chinese - [Poṭṭhapādasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.35.7) — Pāli - [Cūḷasakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.79.10.9) — Pāli - [鞞摩肅經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.vaikhanasasutra*zh-gunabhadra.1.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.9) · Pramāṇa