The ''Āṭānāṭiya Sutta'' ("Discourse on the Heavenly Town of Āṭānāṭa") is the 32nd Sutta in the ''
Dīgha Nikāya'' ("Long Discourses of
Buddha") of
Pāli Canon
The Pāḷi Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhism, Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant Early Buddhist texts, early Buddhist canon. It derives mainly from t ...
. It is a poem of spiritual protection against evil spirits and it was presented to the
Buddha by one of the "Four Great Heavenly Kings",
King Vessavana (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśravana). It also contains a description of the celestial kingdoms of
Four Heavenly Kings. This scripture, there titled ''The Mahāsūtra, the Sūtra of Āṭānāṭīya'', can also be found in the Dīrgha Āgama of
Chinese Buddhist canon and
Kangyur of
Tibetan Buddhist canon; in the latter, it appears both in the standard Sutra section, as well as among the section labeled Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha or Collection of Retention-Spells.
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Digha Nikaya
Four Heavenly Kings
Exorcism in Buddhism