1. Devatá Vagga.-The fourth chapter of the Chakka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iii.329-44.
2. Devatá Vagga.-The seventh chapter of the same. A.iii.421-9.
3. Devatá Vagga.-The fourth chapter of the Sattaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iv.27-39.
Devatá Samyutta.-First division of the Samyutta Nikáya. It contains records of visits paid to the Buddha by various deities and the conversations which ensued. S.i.1-45.
1. Devatá Sutta.-A devatá visits the Buddha at Jetavana and tells him of six things necessary for a monk's spiritual development: reverence for the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, reverence for the discipline, grace in speech and good friendship. The Buddha reports this visit to the monks, and Sáriputta explains why these particular qualities were mentioned by the devatá. A.iii.423.
2. Devatá Sutta.-The Buddha tells the monks how, on various occasions, devas had visited him and told him that they bad felt remorse after their death because they had not honoured recluses during their life as human beings. Others who had honoured recluses had obtained happiness. A.iv.390f.