Anguttara Nikaya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Part of a series on Buddhism
History
Dharmic religions Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils
Foundations
Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāṇa · Three Jewels
Key Concepts
Three marks of existence Skandha · Cosmology · Dharma Saṃsāra · Rebirth · Shunyata Pratitya-samutpada · Karma
Major Figures
Gautama Buddha Disciples · Later Buddhists
Practices and Attainment
Buddhahood · Bodhisattva Four Stages of Enlightenment Paramis · Meditation · Laity
Regions
Southeast Asia · East Asia India · Sri Lanka · Tibet Western Countries
Schools
Theravāda · Mahāyāna Vajrayāna · Early schools
Texts
Pali Canon · Mahayana Sutras Tibetan Canon
Comparative Studies Culture · List of Topics Portal: Buddhism
This box: view • talk • edit

The Anguttara Nikaya (aṅguttaranikāya; "Gradual Collection") 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 TheravadaBuddhism. This nikaya consists of several thousand discourses by 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
2 Divisions
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Translations

The Book of the Gradual Sayings, tr F. L. Woodward & E. M. Hare, 1932-6, 5 volumes, Pali Text Society text.com, Lancaster
A new translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi is expected around 2008.