The Structure of the Sagatha-Vagga of the Samyutta-Nikaya
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v24i1.7Keywords:
Sagātha-vagga, eight assembliesAbstract
The meaning of its title, ‘Section with Verses’, may appear sufficient to explain why the Sagatha-vagga was identified as a discrete entity within the Samyuttanikaya. 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 Sagatha-vagga was probably based on a familiar, although doctrinally marginal, piece of Buddhist teaching, namely the ‘eight Assemblies’.
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