Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.1 1. Nāgavagga Suddhikasutta

Linked Discourses 29.1 1. Dragons Plain Version

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, nāgayoniyo.

“Mendicants, dragons reproduce in these four ways.

1.3

Katamā catasso?

What four?

1.4

Aṇḍajā nāgā, jalābujā nāgā, saṁsedajā nāgā, opapātikā nāgā—

Dragons are born from eggs, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously.

1.5

imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso nāgayoniyo”ti.

These are the four ways that dragons reproduce.”

1.6

Paṭhamaṁ.