The Saṃyutta NikÄya is one of the five great divisions of the Sutta Piá¹aka of the PÄli canon, the Tipiá¹aka or “Three Baskets†of doctrine, constituting the Buddha-word for TheravÄda
Buddhism. The meaning of “Saṃyutta NikÄya†is “The Collection of Grouped Discourses†and it is so called because its material is arranged into groups (saṃyuttas) according to subject, of which there are fifty-six. These again are placed into five vaggas, sections or chapters, corresponding to the five divisions of this anthology