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# Viyahapannatti 5.4.231

Viyāhapannatti 5.4.231

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [5.4.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.4.231)

devā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kayarāe bhāsāe bhāsaṃti? kayarā va bhāsā bhāsijjamāṇī visissati? goyamā! devā ṇaṃ addhamāgahāe bhāsāe bhāsaṃti| sā vi ya ṇaṃ addhamāgahā bhāsā bhāsijjamāṇī visissati|

> ‘Venerable Sir! In which language do gods speak? And which language, when spoken, is superior?’  
> ‘Gautama! The gods speak in the Ardhamāgadhī language. And that Ardhamāgadhī language, when spoken, is superior.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (3)

- [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.5.4.231) — Hindi
- [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.5.4.231) — Gujarati
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.5.4.231) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.358) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati
- [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p236) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit

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