The ''Nāga Saṃyutta'' is a Buddhist scripture of the

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. It is the 29th Saṃyutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, placed in the ''Khandha Vaggasaṃyutta''.

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The ''Nāga Saṃyutta'', also known as the ''Linked Discourses on Dragons'', provides basic accounts of the nature of the '' nāgas''; serpentine deities in Buddhist mythology. The Buddha describes these beings in regards to their mode of birth, hierarchy, as well as the reasons one may be reborn among them.

Suttas

A total of fifty suttas are found in the text. Suttas 11-20 and 21-50 are each abbreviated into a single discourse. :1) Suddhika Sutta :2) Paṇītatara Sutta :3) Uposatha Sutta :4) Dutiyauposatha Sutta :5) Tatiyauposatha Sutta :6) Catutthauposatha Sutta :7) Suta Sutta :8) Dutiyasuta Sutta :9) Tatiyasuta Sutta :10) Catutthasuta Sutta :11-20) Aṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka :21-50) Jalābujādidānūpakārasuttattiṃsaka

English translations

* ''Sutta Central''
Bhikkhu Sujato
* ''Mettanet Tipitaka Index''

References

{{Buddhist-text-stub Samyutta Nikaya Nāgas

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Suttas

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