[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c36.3 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3) Samyutta Nikāya, Samyuttāgama.—One of the five divisions of the Sutta Piṭaka. It consists of 7,762 suttas,¹ and, at the First Council, was given in charge of Mahā Kassapa and his pupillary succession (nissitaka).² The Nikāya is divided into five main Vaggas and fifty-six sections, called Samyuttas, each Samyutta being again subdivided into minor Vaggas or chapters. Buddhaghosa wrote a Commentary on the Samyutta, called Sāratthappakāsinī. The Samyutta Nikāya is quoted in the Milindapañha.³ - [Previous: v2.c36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2) - [Next: v2.c36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3) · Pramāṇa