Open AccessStructure of the Sagatha-Vagga of the Samyutta-Nikaya
Author(s) -
Roderick S. Bucknell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
buddhist studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1747-9681
pISSN - 0265-2897
DOI - 10.1558/bsrv.v24i1.7
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , buddhism , simple (philosophy) , epistemology , section (typography) , philosophy , sociology , history , computer science , theology , operating system
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’.