Sutta Nipata
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The Sutta Nipāta
Antiquity
Chalmers says that the materials of the Sutta Nipata are not of equal antiquity but it contains some of the oldest Buddhist compositions.[2] Bharat Singh Upadhyaya,[4] Maurice Winternitz,[5] and Hajime Nakamura[6] are other prominent Buddhist scholars who regard its poetry to have originated in the beginnings of Buddhism. A commentary on Sutta Nipata, called Niddesa, is included in the canon itself which points to the antiquity of the text. Bhabru or Calcutta-Bairat inscription of Ashoka also mentions many texts from this scripture.
Sections
The Sutta Nipāta is divided into five sections:
Uraga Vagga ("The Chapter on the Serpent")[7]
Sutta number | Pali title | English title[8] |
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Sn I.1 | Uraga Sutta | "The Serpent" |
Sn I.2 | Dhaniya Sutta | "Discourse to Dhaniya" |
Sn I.3 | Khaggavisāṇa Sutta | "The Rhinoceros" |
Sn I.4 | Kasibhāradvāja Sutta | "Brahman Kasibharadvaj" |
Sn I.5 | Cunda Sutta | "Discourse to Cunda" |
Sn I.6 | Parābhava Sutta | "Downfall" |
Sn I.7 | Vasala Sutta | "The Outcast" |
Sn I.8 | Metta Sutta | "Loving-Kindness" |
Sn I.9 | Hemavata Sutta | "Discourse to Hemvata" |
Sn I.10 | Āḷavaka Sutta | "Discourse to Yakkha Alavaka" |
Sn I.11 | Vijaya Sutta | "Discourse on Disillusionment of the Body" |
Sn I.12 | Muni Sutta | "Discourse on the Sage" |
Cūla Vagga ("The Minor Chapter")
Sutta number | Pali title | English title |
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Sn II.1 | Ratana Sutta | "Discourse on Three Treasures" |
Sn II.2 | Āmaghanda Sutta | "Carrion" |
Sn II.3 | Hiri Sutta | "Discourse on Friendship" |
Sn II.4 | Mahāmaṅgala Sutta
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"Great Blessing" |
Sn II.5 | Sūciloma Sutta | "Discourse on Yakkha Suciloma" |
Sn II.6 | Dhammacariya Sutta | "Righteous Conduct" |
Sn II.7 | Brāhmaṇadhammika Sutta | "The Tradition of the Brahmins" |
Sn II.8 | Nāvā Sutta | "The Boat" |
Sn II.9 | Kiṃsīla Sutta | "What Good Behavior?" |
Sn II.10 | Uṭṭhāna Sutta | "Arouse Yourselves!" |
Sn II.11 | Rāhula Sutta | "Discourse to Rahula" |
Sn II.12 | Vaṅgīsa Sutta | "Discourse to Vangisa" |
Sn II.13 | Sammāparibbājanīya Sutta | "Proper Wandering" |
Sn II.14 | Dhammika Sutta | "Correct Life of the Mendicant" |
Mahā Vagga ("The Great Chapter")
Sutta number | Pali title | English title |
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Sn III.1 | Pabbajjā Sutta | "The Going Forth" |
Sn III.2 | Padhāna Sutta | "Striving" |
Sn III.3 | Subhāsita Sutta | "Well Spoken" |
Sn III.4 | Sundarikabhāradvāja Sutta | "Discourse to Bharadvaja of Sundarika" |
Sn III.5 | Māgha Sutta | "Discourse to Magha" |
Sn III.6 | Sabhiya Sutta | "Discourse to Sabhiya" |
Sn III.7 | Sela Sutta | "Discourse to Sela" |
Sn III.8 | Salla Sutta | "The Dart" |
Sn III.9 | Vāseṭṭha Sutta | "Discourse to Vasettha" |
Sn III.10 | Kokālika Sutta | "Discourse to Slanderer Kokaliya" |
Sn III.11 | Nālaka Sutta | "Discourse to Nalaka" |
Sn III.12 | Dvayatānupassanā Sutta | "Contemplation of Dyads" |
Sutta number | Pali title | English title |
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Sn IV.1 | Kāma Sutta | "Sensual Pleasures" |
Sn IV.2 | Guhaṭṭhaka Sutta | "The Octad on the Cave" |
Sn IV.3 | Duṭṭhaṭṭhaka Sutta | "The Octad on the Hostile" |
Sn IV.4 | Suddhaṭṭhaka Sutta | "The Octad on the Pure" |
Sn IV.5 | Paramaṭṭhaka Sutta | "The Octad on the Supreme" |
Sn IV.6 | Jarā Sutta | "Old Age" |
Sn IV.7 | Tissametteyya Sutta | "Discourse to Tissametteya" |
Sn IV.8 | Pasūra Sutta | "Discourse to Pasura" |
Sn IV.9 | Māgandiya Sutta | "Discourse to Magandiya" |
Sn IV.10 | Purābheda Sutta | "Before the Breakup" |
Sn IV.11 | Kalahavivāda Sutta | "Quarrels and Disputes" |
Sn IV.12 | Cūlaviyūha Sutta | "The Smaller Discourse on Deployment" |
Sn IV.13 | Mahāviyūha Sutta | "The Greater Discourse on Deployment" |
Sn IV.14 | Tuvaṭaka Sutta | "Quickly" |
Sn IV.15 | Attadaṇḍa Sutta | "One Who Has Taken Up the Rod" |
Sn IV.16 | Sāriputta Sutta
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"Discourse to Sariputta" |
Sutta number | Pali title | English title |
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Introductory verses | ||
Sn V.1 | Ajitamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Ajita" |
Sn V.2 | Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Tissa Metteyya" |
Sn V.3 | Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Puṇṇaka" |
Sn V.4 | Mettagūmāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Mettagū" |
Sn V.5 | Dhotakamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Dhotaka" |
Sn V.6 | Upasīvamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Upasīva" |
Sn V.7 | Nandamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Nanda" |
Sn V.8 | Hemakamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Hemaka" |
Sn V.9 | Todeyyamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Todeyya" |
Sn V.10 | Kappamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Kappa" |
Sn V.11 | Jatukaṇṇīmāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī" |
Sn V.12 | Bhadrāvudhamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Bhadrāvudha" |
Sn V.13 | Udayamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Udaya" |
Sn V.14 | Posālamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Posāla" |
Sn V.15 | Mogharājamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Magharāja" |
Sn V.16 | Piṅgiyamāṇavapucchā | "The Questions of Piṅgiya" |
epilogue |
Context
Some scholars
English translations
- The Silent Sages of Old, Suttas from the Suttanipāta by Ven. Ñāṇadīpa Mahāthera, 2018
- 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 being the Sutta-nipāta or Discourse-Collection, tr.
- Woven cadences of early Buddhists, transl. by E. M. Hare. Sacred Books of the Buddhists vol.15, repr. - London: Oxford University Press, 1947 Internet Archive (PDF 11.4 MB)
- The Group of Discourses, tr 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
- The Discourse Collection Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipata, by John D. Ireland, Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 2013. Available for free download here
- ISBN 9781614294290.
German translation
- Tr Nyanaponika, Verlag Beyerlein & Steinschulte, D 95236 Stammbach, Germany, 3. Auflage 1996
See also
- List of all Khuddaka Nikaya suttas
- Atthakavagga and Parayanavagga, widely considered some of the earliest Buddhist texts
- Rhinoceros Sutta, widely considered one of the earliest Buddhist texts
References
Citations
- Samyutta Nikaya.
- ^ a b "Buddha's Teachings: Being the Sutta-Nipata or Discourse Collection". Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ISBN 9788180471094.
- ^ "पालि साहित्य का इतिहास | Hindi Book | Paali Saahity Kaa Itihaas - ePustakalay". epustakalay.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ Winternitz, Maurice. A History of Indian Literature: A history of Indian literature.
- ISBN 978-81-208-0272-8.
- ^ Sutta names, spellings, and translations are taken from Bodhi Bhikku, The Suttanipāta—other translators may have made different choices.
- ^ Where no translation is given, the sutta is named after a person.
- ^ Nakamura, Indian Buddhism, Japan, 1980; reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1987, 1989, pp. 45-6.
- ^ Bodhi, Sutta-Nipāta - The oldest discourses in the Pali Canon (lectures), http://bodhimonastery.org/sutta-nipata.html
- ^ Norman, KR. The Rhinoceros Horn and Other Early Buddhist Poems (Sutta-Nipata), 1985.
- ^ Hoernle, A. F. Rudolf, The Sutta Nipata in a Sanskrit Version from Eastern Turkestan, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Oct., 1916), pp. 709-732 Published by: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN 3-447-02285-X.
- ^ Buddha’s Teachings being the Sutta-nipāta or Discourse-Collection, read online: [1]. Retrieved 10 August 2021..
Sources
- ISBN 978-81-317-1677-9