Sivuttas
Sivuttas are a small collection of early Buddhist discourses found in the Pali Canon. In Theravāda tradition, the Sivuttas (Sivuttā) are characterized by their brevity and directness; many texts are concise, often in prose or verse, and revolve around practical moral and meditative instruction. The collection is regarded as a unit within the broader Sutta Pitaka, though its exact placement can vary in different canons and translations.
The suttas typically present a single clear theme or teaching, framed as a dialogue, a short exhortation,
Authorship and dating within the canon are traditional rather than precise in the modern scholarly sense. The
See also: Itivuttaka, Suttanipata, Sutta Pitaka, Khuddaka Nikaya.