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The '''''Aṅguttara Nikāya''''' (''{{IAST|aṅguttaranikāya}}''; {{lit|Increased by One Collection}}, also translated "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a [[Nikāya|Buddhist scriptures collection]], the fourth of the five [[Nikāya]]s, or collections, in the [[Sutta Pitaka]], which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the [[Pāli Canon|Pali Tipitaka]] of [[Theravada Buddhism]]. This nikaya consists of several thousand discourses ascribed to the [[Lord Buddha]] and his chief disciples arranged in eleven "books", according to the number of [[Reality in Buddhism|Dhamma]] items referenced in them.<br />
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The Anguttara Nikaya corresponds to the [[Ekottara Agama|''Ekottara Āgama'']] ("Increased by One Discourses") found in the Sutra Pitikas of various Sanskritic early Buddhists schools, fragments of which survive in Sanskrit. A complete version survives in Chinese translation by the name ''Zēngyī Ahánjīng'' (增一阿含經); it is thought to be from either the [[Mahāsāṃghika]] or [[Sarvastivada|Sarvāstivādin]] recensions. According to [[Damien Keown|Keown]], "there is considerable disparity between the Pāli and the Sarvāstivādin versions, with more than two-thirds of the sūtras found in one but not the other compilation, which suggests that much of this portion of the Sūtra Piṭaka was not formed until a fairly late date."<ref>A Dictionary of Buddhism, by Damien Keown, Oxford University Press: 2004</ref><br />
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== Translations ==<br />
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=== Full translation ===<br />
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*''The Book of the Gradual Sayings'', tr [[F. L. Woodward]] & E. M. Hare, 1932–6, 5 volumes, [[Pali Text Society]][http://www.palitext.com], Bristol<br />
*''Numerical Discourses of the Buddha'', tr [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]], 2012, 1 volume, [[Wisdom Publications]] [http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/numerical-discourses-buddha], Somerville, MA<br />
*[[Bhikkhu Sujato]] (trans.), ''The “Numbered” or “Numerical” Discourses'', 2018, [https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013852/https://suttacentral.net/an published online at SuttaCentral] and released into the [[public domain]].<br />
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=== Selections ===<br />
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* 1st 3 nipatas tr [[Edmund Rowland Gooneratne|E. R. J. Gooneratne]], Ceylon, c1913<br />
* 4th nipata tr A. D. Jayasundare, London, 1925<br />
* anthology ed & tr Nyanaponika, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka; revised, with additions & deletions, by Bodhi, as ''Numerical Discourses of the Buddha'', Altamira Press, Oxford/New York/Lanham, Maryland/Walnut Creek, California, 1999<br />
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== Divisions ==<br />
The nipatas in this nikaya are:<br />
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=== Ekakanipāto (The Book of Ones) ===<br />
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* 1. Rūpādivaggo<br />
* 2. Nīvaraṇappahānavaggo<br />
* 3. Akammaniyavaggo<br />
* 4. Adantavaggo<br />
* 5. Paṇihitaacchavaggo<br />
* 6. Accharāsaṅghātavaggo<br />
* 7. Vīriyārambhādivaggo<br />
* 8. Kalyāṇamittādivaggo<br />
* 9. Pamādādivaggo<br />
* 10. Dutiyapamādādivaggo<br />
* 11. Adhammavaggo<br />
* 12. Anāpattivaggo<br />
* 13. Ekapuggalavaggo<br />
* 14. Etadaggavaggo<br />
* 15. Aṭṭhānapāḷi<br />
* 16. Ekadhammapāḷi<br />
* 17. Pasādakaradhammavaggo<br />
* 18. Aparaaccharāsaṅghātavaggo<br />
* 19. Kāyagatāsativaggo<br />
* 20. Amatavaggo<br />
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=== Dukanipāto (The Book of Twos) ===<br />
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* 1. Kammakaraṇavaggo<br />
* 2. Adhikaraṇavaggo<br />
* 3. Bālavaggo<br />
* 4. Samacittavaggo<br />
* 5. Parisavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Puggalavaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Sukhavaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Sanimittavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Dhammavaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Bālavaggo<br />
* (11) 1. Āsāduppajahavaggo<br />
* (12) 2. Āyācanavaggo<br />
* (13) 3. Dānavaggo<br />
* (14) 4. Santhāravaggo<br />
* (15) 5. Samāpattivaggo<br />
* 1. Kodhapeyyālaṃ<br />
* 2. Akusalapeyyālaṃ<br />
* 3. Vinayapeyyālaṃ<br />
* 4. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Tikanipāto (The Book of Threes) ===<br />
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* 1. Bālavaggo<br />
* 2. Rathakāravaggo<br />
* 3. Puggalavaggo<br />
* 4. Devadūtavaggo<br />
* 5. Cūḷavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Brāhmaṇavaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Mahāvaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Ānandavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Samaṇavaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Loṇakapallavaggo<br />
* (11) 1. Sambodhavaggo<br />
* (12) 2. Āpāyikavaggo<br />
* (13) 3. Kusināravaggo<br />
* (14) 4. Yodhājīvavaggo<br />
* (15) 5. Maṅgalavaggo<br />
* (16) 6. Acelakavaggo<br />
* (17) 7. Kammapathapeyyālaṃ<br />
* (18) 8. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Catukkanipāto (The Book of Fours) ===<br />
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* 1. Bhaṇḍagāmavaggo<br />
* 2. Caravaggo<br />
* 3. Uruvelavaggo<br />
* 4. Cakkavaggo<br />
* 5. Rohitassavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Puññābhisandavaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Pattakammavaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Apaṇṇakavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Macalavaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Asuravaggo<br />
* (11) 1. Valāhakavaggo<br />
* (12) 2. Kesivaggo<br />
* (13) 3. Bhayavaggo<br />
* (14) 4. Puggalavaggo<br />
* (15) 5. Ābhāvaggo<br />
* (16) 1. Indriyavaggo<br />
* (17) 2. Paṭipadāvaggo<br />
* (18) 3. Sañcetaniyavaggo<br />
* (19) 4. Brāhmaṇavaggo<br />
* (20) 5. Mahāvaggo<br />
* (21) 1. Sappurisavaggo<br />
* (22) 2. Parisāvaggo<br />
* (23) 3. Duccaritavaggo<br />
* (24) 4. Kammavaggo<br />
* (25) 5. Āpattibhayavaggo<br />
* (26) 6. Abhiññāvaggo<br />
* (27) 7. Kammapathavaggo<br />
* (28) 8. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Pañcakanipāto (The Book of Fives) ===<br />
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* 1. Sekhabalavaggo<br />
* 2. Balavaggo<br />
* 3. Pañcaṅgikavaggo<br />
* 4. Sumanavaggo<br />
* 5. Muṇḍarājavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Nīvaraṇavaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Saññāvaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Yodhājīvavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Theravaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Kakudhavaggo<br />
* (11) 1. Phāsuvihāravaggo<br />
* (12) 2. Andhakavindavaggo<br />
* (13) 3. Gilānavaggo<br />
* (14) 4. Rājavaggo<br />
* (15) 5. Tikaṇḍakīvaggo<br />
* (16) 1. Saddhammavaggo<br />
* (17) 2. Āghātavaggo<br />
* (18) 3. Upāsakavaggo<br />
* (19) 4. Araññavaggo<br />
* (20) 5. Brāhmaṇavaggo<br />
* (21) 1. Kimilavaggo<br />
* (22) 2. Akkosakavaggo<br />
* (23) 3. Dīghacārikavaggo<br />
* (24) 4. Āvāsikavaggo<br />
* (25) 5. Duccaritavaggo<br />
* (26) 6. Upasampadāvaggo<br />
* 1. Sammutipeyyālaṃ<br />
* 2. Sikkhāpadapeyyālaṃ<br />
* 3. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Chakkanipāto (The Book of Sixes) ===<br />
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* 1. Āhuneyyavaggo<br />
* 2. Sāraṇīyavaggo<br />
* 3. Anuttariyavaggo<br />
* 4. Devatāvaggo<br />
* 5. Dhammikavaggo<br />
* 6. Mahāvaggo<br />
* 7. Devatāvaggo<br />
* 8. Arahattavaggo<br />
* 9. Sītivaggo<br />
* 10. Ānisaṃsavaggo<br />
* 11. Tikavaggo<br />
* 12. Sāmaññavaggo<br />
* 13. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Sattakanipāto (The Book of Sevens) ===<br />
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* 1. Dhanavaggo<br />
* 2. Anusayavaggo<br />
* 3. Vajjisattakavaggo<br />
* 4. Devatāvaggo<br />
* 5. Mahāyaññavaggo<br />
* 6. Abyākatavaggo<br />
* 7. Mahāvaggo<br />
* 8. Vinayavaggo<br />
* 9. Samaṇavaggo<br />
* 10. Āhuneyyavaggo<br />
* 11. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Aṭṭhakanipāto (The Book of Eights) ===<br />
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* 1. Mettāvaggo<br />
* 2. Mahāvaggo<br />
* 3. Gahapativaggo<br />
* 4. Dānavaggo<br />
* 5. Uposathavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Gotamīvaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Bhūmicālavaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Yamakavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Sativaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Sāmaññavaggo<br />
* (11). Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Navakanipāto (The Book of Nines) ===<br />
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* 1. Sambodhivaggo<br />
* 2. Sīhanādavaggo<br />
* 3. Sattāvāsavaggo<br />
* 4. Mahāvaggo<br />
* 5. Sāmaññavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Khemavaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Satipaṭṭhānavaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Sammappadhānavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Iddhipādavaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Dasakanipāto (The Book of Tens) ===<br />
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* 1. Ānisaṃsavaggo<br />
* 2. Nāthavaggo<br />
* 3. Mahāvaggo<br />
* 4. Upālivaggo<br />
* 5. Akkosavaggo<br />
* (6) 1. Sacittavaggo<br />
* (7) 2. Yamakavaggo<br />
* (8) 3. Ākaṅkhavaggo<br />
* (9) 4. Theravaggo<br />
* (10) 5. Upālivaggo<br />
* (11) 1. Samaṇasaññāvaggo<br />
* (12) 2. Paccorohaṇivaggo<br />
* (13) 3. Parisuddhavaggo<br />
* (14) 4. Sādhuvaggo<br />
* (15) 5. Ariyavaggo<br />
* (16) 1. Puggalavaggo<br />
* (17) 2. Jāṇussoṇivaggo<br />
* (18) 3. Sādhuvaggo<br />
* (19) 4. Ariyamaggavaggo<br />
* (20) 5. Aparapuggalavaggo<br />
* (21) 1. Karajakāyavaggo<br />
* (22) 2. Sāmaññavaggo<br />
* 23. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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=== Ekādasako nipāto (The Book of Elevens) ===<br />
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* 1. Nissayavaggo<br />
* 2. Anussativaggo<br />
* 3. Sāmaññavaggo<br />
* 4. Rāgapeyyālaṃ<br />
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== Appreciation ==<br />
Translator [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]] wrote: "In Anguttara Nikaya, persons are as a rule not reduced to mere collections of aggregates, elements, and sense-bases, but are treated as real centers of living experience engaged in a heartfelt quest for happiness and freedom from suffering." (from Intro to [[Samyutta Nikaya]])<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Early Buddhist Texts]]<br />
* [[Digha Nikaya]]<br />
* [[Khuddaka Nikaya]]<br />
* [[Majjhima Nikaya]]<br />
* [[Pali Canon]]<br />
* [[Samyutta Nikaya]]<br />
* [[Sutta Piṭaka]]<br />
* ''[[Dīghajāṇu Sutta]]''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061018130554/http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/index.html Anguttara Nikaya in Pali, English and Sinhala (metta.lk)]<br />
*[http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/index.html English Translations of the Anguttara Nikaya (accesstoinsight.org)]<br />
* English translations by [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]] of selected Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya at [https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020120/http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/numerical-discourses-buddha/selections Wisdom Publications]<br />
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