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The fifth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Sūtra Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon. It mainly consists of verses, apparently compiled from a number of sources, divided into five sections: Uraga, Cūla, Mahā, Aṭṭhaka, and Pārāyaṇa. Some of the poems of the Sutta-nipāta are found in other books of the canon, indicating that they probably existed separately, as popular poems, before being incorporated in this text. The commentary to the Sutta-nipāta, compiled by Buddhaghoṣa, is part of the Paramatthajotikā.

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The Sutta Nipata[1] is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas consist largely of verse, though some also contain some prose. It is divided into five sections:

  • Uraga Vagga
  • Cula Vagga
  • Maha Vagga
  • Atthaka Vagga
  • Parayana Vagga

Some scholars[2] consider this the oldest of all Buddhist scriptures. Others agree that it contains much very early material.

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Translations

  • Tr V. Fausbøll, in Sacred Books of the East, volume X, Clarendon/Oxford, 1881; reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi (?and by Dover, New York)
  • Buddha's Teachings, tr Lord Chalmers, Harvard Oriental Series, 1932
  • Woven Cadences, tr E. M. Hare, 1945, out of print
  • The Group of Discourses, tr K. R. Norman, 1984, Pali Text Society[1], Bristol; the original edition included alternative translations by I. B. Horner & Walpola Rahula; these are currently available in the paperback edition under the title The Rhinoceros Horn and Other Early Buddhist Poems; the current edition under the original title omits these, but includes instead the translator's notes, not included in the paperback
  • Tr Saddhatissa, Curzon, London/Humanities Press, New York, 1985
  • Tr N. A. Jayawickrama, University of Kelaniya, 2001

See also

Notes

  1. ^ When referencing suttas from the Sutta Nipata the case-sensitive abbreviation "Sn" is used. This is distinguished from the abbreviation "SN" which traditionally refers to the Pali canon's Samyutta Nikaya.
  2. ^ Nakamura, Indian Buddhism, Japan, 1980; reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1987, 1989, page 46

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