The last of the nine angas or divisions of the Tipitaka, according to matter. (M.i.133; Pug.iv.9; Gv.27; Vin.iii.8; Mil. 263).
It includes such suttas as the
which were preached in answer to questions asked through knowledge and joy (sabbe pi vedañ ca tutthiñ ca laddhā pucchitasuttantā). DA.i.24.