A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.76
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.76
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v2.c19.s3.t1.76
Valuable poetry is found especially in the first Vagga. It embraces Saṃyuttas I-XI, and is called Sagāthavagga, *i.e.*, "the Section with the song verses" (gāthā). Such Gāthās or verses appear occasionally, indeed, in all the sections, as in other Nikāyas, but they are so numerous in the first Vagga, that many of the Suttas consist entirely of verses. Thus, in the Devatā-Saṃyutta, we find many riddles and aphorisms in the form of questions and answers, *e.g.*, the following riddle: