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Majjhima Nikāya

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Majjhima Nikāya. The second collection of the Sūtra Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon. It contains 152 suttas including some of the best known ones in the canon such as the Alagaddūpama Sutta (see raft parable), Aṅgulimāla Sutta (see Aṅgulimāla) and Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. At the First Council (see Council of Rājagṛha), held shortly after the Buddha's death, the duty of learning and preserving the Majjhima Nikāya was entrusted to Śāriputra's disciples. A commentary to the Majjhima Nikāya by the title of Papañcasūdanī was composed by Buddhaghoṣa in the 5th century ce, and Sāriputta of Sri Lanka later compiled its subcommentary.

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Majjhima nikāya

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Majjhima nikāya (Skt., Madhyamāgama). The Middle Length (second) Collection (nikāya) of the Sutta/Sūtra-piṭaka of the Pāli (Buddhist) canon (see also BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES). The Pāli canon contains 150 sūtras, the Chin. tr. of the (lost) Skt. 222; 97 are found in both.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Majjhima nikāya." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Majjhimanikya.html

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