The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s5.10

c10.s5.10

The woman with her joys and woes forms the subject-mater of the *Mātugāma-Saṃyutta* of the *Saṃyutta Nikāya*. The definition of *Nibbāna*⁹ as the destruction of lust, hatred and illusion and its attainment by the eightfold path are described in the *Jambukhadaka Saṃyutta*, the *Samandaka Saṃyutta* and the *Asaṅkhata Saṃyutta*. The eightfold path as consisting in right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right exertion, right mindfulness and right concentration is the special topic of the *Magga-Saṁyutta*. The four truths, namely, suffering, its origin, its destruction, and the path leading to its destruction have been described in the *Sacca Saṁyutta*.