SN 29 · 12 texts · 12 in English
Linked Discourses on Dragons
Nāgasaṁyutta
The “Linked Discourses on Dragons” is the first of four similar sections dealing with the modes in which various semi-celestial beings may be reborn. The current chapter is on the “dragons” or nāgas, a powerful but morally ambiguous serpentine creature of the waterways.
The Chapter on Dragons
Nāgavagga-
SN 29.1
Plain VersionSuddhikasutta
Dragons may be born from eggs, the womb, moisture, or spontaneously.
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SN 29.2
BetterPaṇītatarasutta
Dragons may be born from eggs, the womb, moisture, or spontaneously. Those born spontaneously are the best.
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SN 29.3
SabbathUposathasutta
Egg born dragons sometimes transform their bodies and observe the sabbath in order to get a good rebirth.
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SN 29.4
Sabbath (2nd)Dutiyauposathasutta
Womb born dragons sometimes transform their bodies and observe the sabbath in order to get a good rebirth.
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SN 29.5
Sabbath (3rd)Tatiyauposathasutta
Moisture born dragons sometimes transform their bodies and observe the sabbath in order to get a good rebirth.
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SN 29.6
Sabbath (4th)Catutthauposathasutta
Spontaneously born dragons sometimes transform their bodies and observe the sabbath in order to get a good rebirth.
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SN 29.7
They’ve HeardSutasutta
One becomes an egg born dragon due to ambivalent deeds in a past life and the appropriate aspiration.
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SN 29.8
They’ve Heard (2nd)Dutiyasutasutta
One becomes a womb born dragon due to ambivalent deeds in a past life and the appropriate aspiration.
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SN 29.9
They’ve Heard (3rd)Tatiyasutasutta
One becomes a moisture dragon due to ambivalent deeds in a past life and the appropriate aspiration.
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SN 29.10
They’ve Heard (4th)Catutthasutasutta
One becomes a spontaneously born dragon due to ambivalent deeds in a past life and the appropriate aspiration.
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SN 29.11–20
Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-BornAṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka
One becomes an egg born dragon due to ambivalent deeds in a past life, the appropriate aspiration, and giving various gifts.
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SN 29.21–50
Thirty Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Womb-Born, Etc.Jalābujādidānūpakārasuttattiṁsaka
One becomes a womb born, moisture born, or spontaneously born dragon due to ambivalent deeds in a past life, the appropriate aspiration, and giving various gifts.