Āgamas

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Buddhist scripture collection early Buddhist text

Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Agamas	7
Chinese Āgamas	2
Agama sutras	1
Dīrgha Āgama	1
Ekottarika Āgama	1
Hinayana or Śrāvakayāna sutras	1
Kṣudraka Āgama	1
Madhyama Āgama	1
Saṃyukta Āgama	1
Sutta Pitaka	1
Āgama sutras	1
Āgamas canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist scripture collection ⓘ early Buddhist text ⓘ
associatedWith	Sarvastivada school ⓘ surface form: Dharmaguptaka school Kāśyapīya school ⓘ Mahasamghika ⓘ surface form: Mahāsāṃghika school Sarvastivada school ⓘ surface form: Sarvāstivāda school early Buddhist schools ⓘ
canonicalStatus	part of Śrāvakayāna canon of some schools ⓘ
contains	Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dīrgha Āgama Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ekottarika Āgama Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kṣudraka Āgama Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Madhyama Āgama Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Saṃyukta Āgama
distinguishedFrom	Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Abhidharma Piṭaka Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
etymology	derived from Sanskrit "āgama" meaning "tradition" or "that which has come down" ⓘ
genre	sūtra collection ⓘ
influenceOn	Mahāyāna exegetical traditions ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ Prakrit ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ
parallelTo	Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Pali Nikāyas
preservedAs	Sanskrit manuscript fragments ⓘ
preservedIn	Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ Tibetan translations (fragments) ⓘ
preserves	discourses attributed to the historical Buddha ⓘ
regionOfPreservation	Central Asia ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Sri Lanka (via parallels in Pali) ⓘ
relatedConcept	Sthavira Nikaya ⓘ surface form: Nikāya Tripitaka ⓘ surface form: Tripiṭaka
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
scholarlyCategory	early Buddhist discourses ⓘ
similarInContentTo	Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Pali Nikāyas
similarInStructureTo	Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Pali Nikāyas
structure	organized by length and topic of discourses ⓘ
subject	Buddha’s teachings ⓘ Four Noble Truths ⓘ Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Noble Eightfold Path dependent origination ⓘ meditation practices ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ
textualRelation	parallel suttas in Pali Nikāyas ⓘ
timePeriod	early centuries BCE and CE ⓘ
transmission	oral transmission before being written down ⓘ
usedFor	reconstructing early Buddhist doctrine ⓘ textual criticism of Pali Canon ⓘ
usedIn	comparative Buddhist studies ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → scripturalTraditions → Āgamas ⓘ

Tripitaka → hasPart → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sutta Pitaka

Tibetan Kangyur → includes → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hinayana or Śrāvakayāna sutras

Nataraja sculptures → iconographicTextSource → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas

Shaiva Siddhanta → scripturalBasis → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas

Upangas → follows → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas

Upangas → elaboratesOn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas

Indian Buddhism → hasCanonicalCollection → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas

Ānanda → appearsIn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Āgamas

Āgamas → contains → Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dīrgha Āgama

Āgamas → contains → Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madhyama Āgama

Āgamas → contains → Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saṃyukta Āgama

Āgamas → contains → Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ekottarika Āgama

Āgamas → contains → Āgamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kṣudraka Āgama

Maudgalyāyana → appearsIn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Āgamas

Truth of suffering → scripturallyAttestedIn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas

Virūḍhaka → appearsIn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Āgama sutras

Virūpākṣa → appearsIn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agama sutras

Buddha’s discourses → collectedIn → Āgamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agamas