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The Structure of the Sagātha-Vagga of the Samyutta-Nikāya

Issue: Vol 24 No. 1 (2007)

Journal: Buddhist Studies Review

Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies

DOI: 10.1558/bsrv.v24i1.7

Abstract:

The meaning of its title, ‘Section with Verses’, may appear sufficient to explain why the Sagātha-vagga was identified as a discrete entity within the Samyuttanikāya. However, this article looks beyond that simple explanation, to discover whether some other rationale may underlie this grouping of samyuttas. It examines evidence that the compiling of the Sagātha-vagga was probably based on a familiar, although doctrinally marginal, piece of Buddhist teaching, namely the ‘eight Assemblies’.

Author: Roderick S. Bucknell

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