 The "Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta", also known as the "Linked Discourses on Phoenixes", provides basic accounts of the nature of the "garuḍas"; avian deities in Buddhist mythology.The Buddha describes these beings in regards to their mode of birth, hierarchy, as well as the reasons one may be reborn among them.A total of forty-six suttas are found in the text.