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# With Assalāyana 16.2

Assalāyanasutta 16.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.93.16.2)

idhāssu dve māṇavakā bhātaro sodariyā, eko ajjhāyako upanīto dussīlo pāpadhammo, eko anajjhāyako anupanīto sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo.

> Suppose there were two young students who were brothers who had shared a womb. One was an educated reciter, but was unethical, of bad character, while the other was not an educated reciter, but was ethical and of good character.  
> — With Assalāyana

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## Translations (4)

- [With Assalāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.93~en-sujato.16.2) — English
- [Mit Assalāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.93~de-sabbamitta.16.2) — German
- [Il discorso con Assalāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.93~it-giovannizappa.16.2) — Italian
- [К Ассалаяне](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.93~ru-sv.16.2) — Russian

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.151.53) — Classical Chinese
- [梵志頞波羅延問種尊經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.asvalayanasutra*zh-zhu-tanwulan.1.32) — Classical Chinese

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