The ''Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta'' is a Buddhist scripture of the
Pali 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 the 30th Saṃyutta in the
Saṃyutta Nikāya
The ''Saṃyutta Nikāya'' ("Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the third of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipit ...
, placed in the ''Khandha Vaggasaṃyutta''.
Content
The ''Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta'', also known as the ''Linked Discourses on Phoenixes'',
provides basic accounts of the nature of the ''
garuḍas''; avian 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 forty-six suttas are found in the text. Suttas 4–6, 7-16 and 17-46 are each abbreviated into a single discourse.
:1) Suddhika Sutta
:2) Haranti Sutta
:3) Dvayakārī Sutta
:4-6) Dutiyādidvayakārīsuttattika
:7-16) Aṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka
:17-46) Jalābujadānūpakārasuttattiṃsaka
English translations
* ''Sutta Central''
Bhikkhu Sujato* ''Mettanet Tipitaka Index''
See also
*
Sutta Pitaka
Sutta may refer to:
*The Pali version of the Sanskrit term Sutra
**In Buddhism, a discourse of the Buddha: see Sutra
''Sutra'' ()Monier Williams, ''Sanskrit English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, Entry fo''sutra'' page 1241 in Indi ...
References
Samyutta Nikaya
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