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
editThe 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
editA 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
edit- Sutta Central: Bhikkhu Sujato
- Mettanet Tipitaka Index: Bhikkuni Uppalavanna
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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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