{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.15/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.15","id":"suttacentral_an4.15","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.15/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, these four are regarded as foremost. What four? The foremost in size of incarnation is R\u0101hu, lord of titans. The foremost pleasure seeker is King Mandh\u0101t\u0101. The foremost in sovereignty is M\u0101ra the Wicked. In this world\u2014with its gods, M\u0101ras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans\u2014a Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha is said to be the best. These are the four regarded as foremost. R\u0101hu is foremost in size of incarnation, Mandh\u0101t\u0101 in enjoying sensual pleasures, M\u0101ra in sovereignty, shining with power and glory. Above, below, all round, as far as the planet extends; in all the world with its gods, the Buddha is declared foremost.\u201d","title":"Regarded as Foremost","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":117}