The Sutta Nipāta[1] (lit.'Section of the Suttas') is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. Sutta Nipata is a collection of discourses of Buddha. It is part of an early corpus of Buddhist literature. Chalmers[2] explains that sutta means a consecutive thread of teaching and Oldenberg explained that nipata denotes a small collection.[3]
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.
Bimbisara meets Bussha, SanchiAsita predcting the greatness of gautam Buddha as described in nalaka sutta of Sutta Nipata, Museum Reitberg
Some scholars[9] believe that it describes the oldest of all Buddhist practices. Others such as Bhikkhu Bodhi[10] and K. R. Norman[11] agree that it contains much early material. In the Chinese Buddhist canon, a version of the Aṭṭhakavagga has survived. Fragmentary materials from a Sanskrit version of the Nipata also survive.[12] The Niddesa, a commentary in two parts on the contents of the Atthaka Vagga and portions of the Parayana Vagga, is included in the Pali Canon as a book of the Khuddaka Nikāya. This commentary is traditionally attributed to Śāriputra, and its presence in the canon is regarded as evidence of the relatively early composition of the Sutta Nipata.[13] Many of the Buddhist legends originate in the Suttanipata such as prediction by Asita on the birth of gautam buddha in the Nalaka sutta or the legendar meeting of King Bimbisara with Gautam Buddha.
English translationsedit
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)
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 K. R. Norman, 1984, Pali Text Society[2], Bristol; the original edition included alternative translations by I. B. Horner & 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
Rhinoceros Sutta, widely considered one of the earliest Buddhist texts
Referencesedit
Citationsedit
^When referencing suttas from the Sutta Nipāta the case-sensitive abbreviation "Sn" is used. This is distinguished from the abbreviation "SN" which traditionally refers to the Pali canon's Samyutta Nikaya.
^ ab"Buddha's Teachings: Being the Sutta-Nipata or Discourse Collection". Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^Chaturvedi, N (2012). A Historical and Cultural study of the sutta Nipata. Jaipur: Jaipur Publishing House. p. 5. ISBN9788180471094.
^"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.
^Nakamura, Hajime (2007-01-01). Indian Buddhism: A survey with Bibliographical Notes. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN978-81-208-0272-8.
^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.
^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
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The Sutta Nipata 1 lit Section of the Suttas is a Buddhist scripture a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya part of the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism Sutta Nipata is a collection of discourses of Buddha It is part of an early corpus of Buddhist literature Chalmers 2 explains that sutta means a consecutive thread of teaching and Oldenberg explained that nipata denotes a small collection 3 Contents 1 Antiquity 2 Sections 3 Context 4 English translations 5 German translation 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Citations 7 2 Sources 8 External linksAntiquity edit nbsp Calcutta Bairat Rock inscriptionChalmers 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 editThe Sutta Nipata is divided into five sections Uraga Vagga The Chapter on the Serpent 7 Sutta number Pali title English title 8 Sn I 1 Uraga Sutta The Serpent Sn I 2 Dhaniya Sutta Discourse to Dhaniya Sn I 3 Khaggavisaṇa Sutta The Rhinoceros Sn I 4 Kasibharadvaja Sutta Brahman Kasibharadvaj Sn I 5 Cunda Sutta Discourse to Cunda Sn I 6 Parabhava 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 Aḷavaka 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 Cula Vagga The Minor Chapter Sutta number Pali title English titleSn II 1 Ratana Sutta Discourse on Three Treasures Sn II 2 Amaghanda Sutta Carrion Sn II 3 Hiri Sutta Discourse on Friendship Sn II 4 Mahamaṅgala Sutta Great Blessing Sn II 5 Suciloma Sutta Discourse on Yakkha Suciloma Sn II 6 Dhammacariya Sutta Righteous Conduct Sn II 7 Brahmaṇadhammika Sutta The Tradition of the Brahmins Sn II 8 Nava Sutta The Boat Sn II 9 Kiṃsila Sutta What Good Behavior Sn II 10 Uṭṭhana Sutta Arouse Yourselves Sn II 11 Rahula Sutta Discourse to Rahula Sn II 12 Vaṅgisa Sutta Discourse to Vangisa Sn II 13 Sammaparibbajaniya Sutta Proper Wandering Sn II 14 Dhammika Sutta Correct Life of the Mendicant Maha Vagga The Great Chapter Sutta number Pali title English titleSn III 1 Pabbajja Sutta The Going Forth Sn III 2 Padhana Sutta Striving Sn III 3 Subhasita Sutta Well Spoken Sn III 4 Sundarikabharadvaja Sutta Discourse to Bharadvaja of Sundarika Sn III 5 Magha 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 Vaseṭṭha Sutta Discourse to Vasettha Sn III 10 Kokalika Sutta Discourse to Slanderer Kokaliya Sn III 11 Nalaka Sutta Discourse to Nalaka Sn III 12 Dvayatanupassana Sutta Contemplation of Dyads Atthaka Vagga The Chapter of Octads Sutta number Pali title English titleSn IV 1 Kama 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 Jara Sutta Old Age Sn IV 7 Tissametteyya Sutta Discourse to Tissametteya Sn IV 8 Pasura Sutta Discourse to Pasura Sn IV 9 Magandiya Sutta Discourse to Magandiya Sn IV 10 Purabheda Sutta Before the Breakup Sn IV 11 Kalahavivada Sutta Quarrels and Disputes Sn IV 12 Culaviyuha Sutta The Smaller Discourse on Deployment Sn IV 13 Mahaviyuha 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 Sariputta Sutta Discourse to Sariputta Parayana Vagga The Chapter on the Way Beyond Sutta number Pali title English titleIntroductory versesSn V 1 Ajitamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Ajita Sn V 2 Tissametteyyamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Tissa Metteyya Sn V 3 Puṇṇakamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Puṇṇaka Sn V 4 Mettagumaṇavapuccha The Questions of Mettagu Sn V 5 Dhotakamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Dhotaka Sn V 6 Upasivamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Upasiva Sn V 7 Nandamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Nanda Sn V 8 Hemakamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Hemaka Sn V 9 Todeyyamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Todeyya Sn V 10 Kappamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Kappa Sn V 11 Jatukaṇṇimaṇavapuccha The Questions of Jatukaṇṇi Sn V 12 Bhadravudhamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Bhadravudha Sn V 13 Udayamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Udaya Sn V 14 Posalamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Posala Sn V 15 Mogharajamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Magharaja Sn V 16 Piṅgiyamaṇavapuccha The Questions of Piṅgiya epilogueContext edit nbsp Bimbisara meets Bussha Sanchi nbsp Asita predcting the greatness of gautam Buddha as described in nalaka sutta of Sutta Nipata Museum ReitbergSome scholars 9 believe that it describes the oldest of all Buddhist practices Others such as Bhikkhu Bodhi 10 and K R Norman 11 agree that it contains much early material In the Chinese Buddhist canon a version of the Aṭṭhakavagga has survived Fragmentary materials from a Sanskrit version of the Nipata also survive 12 The Niddesa a commentary in two parts on the contents of the Atthaka Vagga and portions of the Parayana Vagga is included in the Pali Canon as a book of the Khuddaka Nikaya This commentary is traditionally attributed to Sariputra and its presence in the canon is regarded as evidence of the relatively early composition of the Sutta Nipata 13 Many of the Buddhist legends originate in the Suttanipata such as prediction by Asita on the birth of gautam buddha in the Nalaka sutta or the legendar meeting of King Bimbisara with Gautam Buddha English translations editThe Silent Sages of Old Suttas from the Suttanipata by Ven Naṇadipa Mahathera 2018 Tr V Fausboll 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 nipata or Discourse Collection tr Robert Chalmers Delhi India Motilal Barnasidass Publishers 1932 reprint in 1997 300 p ISBN 8120813553 9788120813557 14 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 K R Norman 1984 Pali Text Society 2 Bristol the original edition included alternative translations by I B Horner amp 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 Bodhi Bhikkhu 2017 The Suttanipata An Ancient Collection of the Buddha s Discourses and Its Canonical Commentaries Wisdom Publications ISBN 9781614294290 German translation editTr Nyanaponika Verlag Beyerlein amp Steinschulte D 95236 Stammbach Germany 3 Auflage 1996See also editList 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 textsReferences editCitations edit When referencing suttas from the Sutta Nipata the case sensitive abbreviation Sn is used This is distinguished from the abbreviation SN which traditionally refers to the Pali canon s Samyutta Nikaya a b Buddha s Teachings Being the Sutta Nipata or Discourse Collection Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House Retrieved 2023 04 05 Chaturvedi N 2012 A Historical and Cultural study of the sutta Nipata Jaipur Jaipur Publishing House p 5 ISBN 9788180471094 प ल स ह त य क इत ह स 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 Nakamura Hajime 2007 01 01 Indian Buddhism A survey with Bibliographical Notes Motilal Banarsidass ISBN 978 81 208 0272 8 Sutta names spellings and translations are taken from Bodhi Bhikku The Suttanipata 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 Nipata 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 Norman Kenneth Roy 1983 Pali Literature Wiesbaden Otto Harrassowitz pp 63 70 ISBN 3 447 02285 X Buddha s Teachings being the Sutta nipata or Discourse Collection read online 1 Retrieved 10 August 2021 Sources edit Singh Upinder 2016 A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India From the Stone Age to the 12th Century Pearson ISBN 978 81 317 1677 9External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Sutta Nipata Sutta Nipata Access to Insight Sutta Nipata Lectures taught by Bhikkhu Bodhi Translations at dhammatalks org Suttanipata Anthology of Discourses at suttacentral net nbsp This Theravada related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Buddhist text related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sutta Nipata amp oldid 1188233083, 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