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# Samiddhi’s Question About Māra 1.1-5

Paṭhamasamiddhimārapañhāsutta 1.1-5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65.1.1)

Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

> At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.  
> — Samiddhi’s Question About Māra

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65.1.2)

Atha kho āyasmā samiddhi yena bhagavā …pe…

> Then Venerable Samiddhi went up to the Buddha …  
> — Samiddhi’s Question About Māra

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65.1.3)

bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> and said to him:  
> — Samiddhi’s Question About Māra

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65.1.4)

“‘māro, māro’ti, bhante, vuccati.

> “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘Māra’.  
> — Samiddhi’s Question About Māra

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65.1.5)

Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, māro vā assa mārapaññatti vā”ti?

> How do we define Māra or what is known as Māra?”  
> — Samiddhi’s Question About Māra

## Translations (3)

- [Сутта Вопрос Самиддхи о Маре Первая](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65~ru-o.1.1) — Russian
- [Samiddhi’s Question About Māra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Samiddhis Fragen über Māra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.65~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sāratthappakāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta!saratthappakasini.35.7.3.65-67) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.230.5) — Classical Chinese

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