Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.1110

v1.c23.1110

Doṇa Sutta.—A brahmin, Doṇa (probably identical with Doṇa 1 above), visits the Buddha and asks if it be true that the Buddha does not honour brahmins. The Buddha tells him that there are five kinds of brahmins—the Brahma-like, the deva-like, the bound, the breaker of bonds, and the brahmin-outcast—and, at Doṇa's request, describes these in detail.¹ The classification of brahmins given in this sutta is often referred to.²