SUTTANTA PITAKA
Samyutta Nikaya
SUTTANTA PITAKA
Samyutta Nikaya
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This collection of discourses in the
Suttanta Pi„aka known as Saµyutta Nikęya has 7,762 suttas of varied length, generally
short, arranged in a special order according to subject matter into five major divisions:
(a) Sagęthę Vagga, (b) Nidęna Vagga, (c) Khandha
Vagga, (d) Sa¹ęyatana Vagga and (e) Mahę Vagga.
Each major vagga is divided into fifty-six groups known as saµyuttas - related subjects
grouped together. The saµyuttas are named after the subjects they deal with, for example, Bojjha³ga Saµyutta on the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, or after some principal personalities such as the Venerable Sęriputta, King Pasenadi of Kosala, or Sakka. Kosala Saµyutta is a group of discourses concerning King Pasenadi of Kosala, and Devata Saµyutta deals with devas like Sakka, Indra, Brahmę, etc. Each saµyutta is further divided into sections which are made up of individual suttas. Thus the well-known Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta is the first discourse (sutta) in the second section of Sacca Saµyutta which comes under the Mahęvagga division of Saµyutta Nikęya. In the following excerpts from Saµyutta Nikęya, only a few suttas representing each major division are given. Samyutta Nikāya - five major divisions:
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