Die vierte Unterteilung des Sutta Pitaka, bestehend aus elf Sektionen (nipāta) und 9,557 Sutten (A.v.361; DA.i.23; Gv.56).
The suttas are arranged in numbered lists, wahrscheinlich 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 offensichtlich influenced the subject matter as well, for we seldom siehe any reasoned arguments. The lists are often curtly given und curtly explained (siehe auch Hardy's remarks, A.v. introd. p.vii).
Beim ersten Konzil wurde Anuruddha gebeten der Beschützer des Anguttara Nikāya zu sein (DA.i.15; Mbv.94).
When der Buddha's religion fades away, the first portion of the Sutta Pitaka to disappear will be the Anguttara Nikāya from the eleventh section to the first, und in that order (MA.881).
It was auch sometimes called Ekuttara. Mil. 392. It is worthy of note that the Ekottarāgama Sutra of the Chinese is unlike the Anguttara Nikāya (A.i. introd. ix., n.4).
The Anguttara Nikāya quotes the Parāyana, which is evidence of its late compilation. (i.133 und 134; ii.45. For other quotations in und from the Anguttara Nikāya siehe A.v., introd. p.ix., nn. 3 und 4.)
Der Kommentar zum Anguttara Nikāya heißt Manorathapūranī.