阿含

(sa) āgama, 阿含暮; 阿鋡; 阿伽摩 (or 阿笈摩), the (sa) āgamas, a collection of doctrines, general name for the Hīnayāna scriptures: tr. 法歸 the home or collecting-place of the Law or Truth; 無比法 peerless Law; or 趣無 (la) ne plus ultra, ultimate, absolute truth. The 四阿含經 or Four (sa) Āgamas are

(1) 長阿含 <Dīrghāgama>, 'Long' treatises on cosmogony.

(2) <Madhyamāgama>, 中阿含, 'middle' treatises on metaphysics.

(3) <Saṃyuktāgama>, 雜阿含 'miscellaneous' treatises on abstract contemplation.

(4) <Ekottarāgama> 增一阿含 'numerical' treatises, subjects treated numerically. There is also a division of five (sa) āgamas.