Āgama Sūtra Collections
DESCRIPTION
The Āgamas correspond to the ‘Nikāyas’ of the Theravada school, which are collections of the earliest teachings of the Buddha preserved in the Pali language. The Āgamas are Chinese translations, mostly from Sanskrit sources, made during the fist five centuries of the Common Era. Substantial portions of the Āgamas survive in Sanskrit and portions survive in Tibetan translation as well.
There are five traditional divisions of the Āgamas/Nikāyas :
Dīrgha Āgama / Dīgha Nikāya - Long Discourses Madhyama Āgama / Majjhima Nikāya - Middle Length DiscoursesSaṃyukta Āgama / Saṃyutta Nikāya - Connected DiscoursesEkottara Āgama /Aṅguttara Nikāya - Numbered DiscoursesKṣudraka Āgama /Khuddaka Nikāya - Minor DiscoursesFor English translations of the Pali texts, see SuttaCentral.net and Wisdom Publications