Nāga Saṃyutta
The Nāga Saṃyutta is a Buddhist scripture of the Pali Canon. It is the 29th Saṃyutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, placed in the Khandha Vaggasaṃyutta.[1][2]
Content
The Nāga Saṃyutta, also known as the Linked Discourses on Dragons[3], provides basic accounts of the nature of the nāgas; serpentine deities in Buddhist mythology. The Buddha describes these beings in regards to their mode of birth, hierarchy, as well as the reasons one may be reborn among them.
Suttas
A total of fifty suttas are found in the text. Suttas 11-20 and 21-50 are each abbreviated into a single discourse.
- 1) Suddhika Sutta
- 2) Paṇītatara Sutta
- 3) Uposatha Sutta
- 4) Dutiyauposatha Sutta
- 5) Tatiyauposatha Sutta
- 6) Catutthauposatha Sutta
- 7) Suta Sutta
- 8) Dutiyasuta Sutta
- 9) Tatiyasuta Sutta
- 10) Catutthasuta Sutta
- 11-20) Aṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka
- 21-50) Jalābujādidānūpakārasuttattiṃsaka
English translations
- Sutta Central: Bhikkhu Sujato
- Mettanet Tipitaka Index: Bhikkuni Uppalavanna
See also
References
- "Nāgasaṃyuttaṃ". Tipitaka.org. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
- "Saṃyutta Nikāya". Metta Tipitaka Index. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
- "Nāga Saṃyutta". Sutta Central. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
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