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Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Pāṭikavagga

Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Pāṭikavagga is Tipiṭaka Book 11 of 45 Books

(Mahāculātepiṭakaṃ) and is considered as Volume 3 of the 3 Volumes of

Suttantapiṭaka Dīghanikāya. The names of the 3 Volumes are well-known as follows:
Volume 1. Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Sīlakhandhavagga, Tipiṭaka Book 9

Volume 2. Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Mahāvagga, Tipiṭaka Book 10

Volume 3. Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Pāṭikavagga, Tipiṭaka Book 11

The third Volume, Dīghanikāya Pāṭikavagga is defined as the collection of

Pātikasutta, the first Sutta of the Book. There are all together 11 Suttas in the

Volume 3:

1. Pātikasutta 2. Udumbarikasutta
3. Cakkavattisutta 4. Aggaññasutta

5. Sampasādanīyasutta 6. Pasādikasutta

7. Lakkhaṇasutta 8. Siṅgālakasutta
9. Āṭānāṭiyasutta 10. Saṅgītisutta

11. Dasuttarasutta

The Origin of the Sutta Names in Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Paṭikavagga and of

Pāṭikasutta
Considering the 11 Suttas of Dīghanikāya Paṭikavagga, the meaning of the 11

Suttas are as follows:

1. Pāṭikasutta – the Sutta of a naked ascetic named Pāṭikasutta
2. Udumbarikasutta – the Sutta of Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda (the Lion Roars on

the Turning of the Wheel) at Udumbarikārāma

3. Cakkavattisutta – the Sutta of the world being (emperor)

4. Aggññasutta – the Sutta of world genesis

5. Sampasādanīyasutta – the Sutta of the Faith that satisfied
6. Pasādikasutta – the Sutta of the Delectable Discourse (courses of the

Faith)

7. Lakkhaṇasutta – the Sutta of the thirty-two marks of the Great Man