The Madhyama ÃÂgama () is an early Indian Buddhist text, of which currently only a Chinese translation is extant (Taishà  Tripiá¹Âaka 26). The title means "Middle Collection." It is one of the four ÃÂgamas of the Sanskritic Sà «tra Piá¹Âaka located in the Chinese Buddhist Canon and contains 222 discourses in 18 chapters. Its Pali equivalent, the Majjhima Nikaya, contains 152 discourses in 15 chapters.
The earliest Chinese translation of the agama dates to 397âÂÂ398 C.E. P.V. Bapat believes the original source for the Chinese translation was in a form of Prakrit, closer to Pali than Sanskrit. The text is believed to be from the SarvÃÂstivÃÂda tradition.
There are numerous parallels between the discourses in the Madhyama ÃÂgama and discourses in the Sutta Piá¹Âaka.
Translation of the Madhyama ÃÂgama into English began in 2006 with Marcus Bingenheimer as chief editor and Bhikkhu Analayo and Rodney S. Bucknell as co-editors. The first of three volumes was published in 2013.