Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.363

v1.c6.363

Aṅguttara Nikāya.—The fourth division of the Sutta Piṭaka, consisting of eleven nipātas (sections) and 9,557 suttas.¹ The suttas are arranged in numbered lists, probably as aids to memory. Thus we find set out in order first the units, then the pairs, the trios etc., up to groups of eleven. This method of arrangement has evidently influenced the subject matter as well, for we seldom see any reasoned arguments. The lists are often curtly given and curtly explained.²