[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c23.1110 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.1110 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.1110 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.1110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v1.c23.1109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.1109) - [Next: v1.c23.1111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.1111) - [Up: v1.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23) ## Cites (1) - [Doṇabrāhmaṇasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.192.1.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.1110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.1110) · Pramāṇa