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The Anguttara Nikaya (; "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism. This nikaya consists of several thousand discourses ascribed to the Buddha and his chief disciples arranged in eleven nipatas, or books, according to the number of dhamma items referenced in them.
A similar collection, apparently translated from an earlier version in some other Indian dialect, appears in the Chinese Buddhist canon. This is known as the Ekottara Agama (aka 'Ekottara-āgama-sūtra', or Zēngyī Ahánjīng (增一阿含經)).

Translations

The Book of the Gradual Sayings, tr F. L. Woodward & E. M. Hare, 1932-6, 5 volumes, Pali Text Society (External Link), Bristol
A new translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi is expected around 2009 Source.

Selections

1st 3 nipatas tr E. R. J. Gooneratne, Ceylon, c1913

4th nipata tr A. D. Jayasundare, London, 1925

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

Divisions

The nipatas in this nikaya are:

The Book of Ones

The Book of Twos

The Book of Threes

The Book of Fours

The Book of Fives

The Book of Sixes

The Book of Sevens

The Book of Eights

The Book of Nines

The Book of Tens

The Book of Elevens

Appreciation

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)

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