Ȧguttara Nikāya From: A Dictionary of Buddhism | Date: 2004| Author: DAMIEN KEOWN | © A Dictionary of Buddhism 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. Copyright information

Ȧguttara Nikāya. The fourth division of the Sūtra Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, consisting of eleven sections (nipātas) and 9,557 suttas. It consists of short discourses arranged to a numerical system, probably as an aid to memory. Set out in order are first the units, then the pairs, the triads, and so forth, up to groups of eleven. Th...