निकाय
Nikāya
Collection / Group (of suttas)
尼柯耶
Grammar 語法
masculine noun (a-stem): from ni + kāya (body/group) — 'collected body'
Definition 釋義
A collection of suttas. The five Nikāyas of the Sutta Piṭaka: (1) Dīgha Nikāya (DN) — Long Discourses (34 long suttas, e.g., Mahāparinibbāna Sutta); (2) Majjhima Nikāya (MN) — Middle Length Discourses (152 suttas, e.g., Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta); (3) Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN) — Connected Discourses (7,762 suttas in 56 groups); (4) Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN) — Numerical Discourses (9,557 suttas arranged by number 1–11); (5) Khuddaka Nikāya (KN) — Minor Collection (18 texts including Dhammapada, Theragāthā, Jātaka).
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Dīghe nikāye cattālīsa suttantā.
In the Dīgha Nikāya, forty discourses.
Source: Summā of the Tipiṭaka
At a Glance
- Pali
- Nikāya
- IAST
- Nikāya
- Devanagari
- निकाय
- Chinese
- 尼柯耶
- Difficulty
- beginner
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