Anguttara Nikaya

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Pali Canon

Vinaya Pitaka


Sutta- vibhanga	Khandhaka	Pari- vara

Sutta Pitaka


Digha Nikaya	Majjhima Nikaya	Samyutta Nikaya

Anguttara
Nikaya

Khuddaka
Nikaya

Abhidhamma Pitaka


Dhs.	Vbh.	Dhk. Pug.	Kvu.	Yamaka	Patthana

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The Anguttara Nikaya (aṅguttaranikāya; "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism. This nikaya consists of several thousand discourses ascribed to the Buddha and his chief disciples arranged in eleven nipatas, or books, according to the number of dhamma items referenced in them.

A similar collection, apparently translated from an earlier version in some other Indian dialect, appears in the Chinese Buddhist canon. This is known as the Ekottara Agama (aka 'Ekottara-āgama-sūtra', or Zēngyī Ahánjīng (增一阿含經)).

1 Translations
- 1.1 Selections
2 Divisions
3 Appreciation
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Translations

The Book of the Gradual Sayings, tr F. L. Woodward & E. M. Hare, 1932-6, 5 volumes, Pali Text Society [1], Bristol
A new translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi is expected around 2009 Source.

[edit] Selections

1st 3 nipatas tr E. R. J. Gooneratne, Ceylon, c1913
4th nipata tr A. D. Jayasundare, London, 1925
anthology ed & tr Nyanaponika, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka; revised, with additions & deletions, by Bodhi, as Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, Altamira Press, Oxford/New York/Lanham, Maryland/Walnut Creek, California, 1999

[edit] Divisions

The nipatas in this nikaya are:

The Book of Ones
The Book of Twos
The Book of Threes
The Book of Fours
The Book of Fives
The Book of Sixes
The Book of Sevens
The Book of Eights
The Book of Nines
The Book of Tens
The Book of Elevens

[edit] Appreciation

Translator Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote: "In Anguttara Nikaya, persons are as a rule not reduced to mere collections of aggregates, elements and sense-bases, but are treated as real centers of living experience engaged in a heartfelt quest for happiness and freedom from suffering."(from Intro to Samyutta Nikaya)