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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Nāgasaṃyuttaṃ". Tipitaka.org. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  2. ^ "Saṃyutta Nikāya". Metta Tipitaka Index. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  3. ^ "Nāga Saṃyutta". Sutta Central. Retrieved 2019-08-09.