Nikāya (निकाय) is a Pāli word meaning "volume". It is often used like the Sanskrit word āgama (आगम) to mean "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group"...
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Sutta Piṭaka (section Digha Nikāya)
nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...
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The Majjhima Nikāya ("Collection of Middle-length Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture collection, the second of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the...
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The Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the first of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka...
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The term Nikāya Buddhism was coined by Masatoshi Nagatomi as a non-derogatory substitute for Hinayana, meaning the early Buddhist schools. Examples of...
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The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism...
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The Saṃyutta Nikāya ("Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the third of the five Nikāyas, or collections,...
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Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; Thai: ธรรมยุติกนิกาย; RTGS: Thammayuttika Nikai; Khmer: ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ, Thômmôyŭttĕkâ Nĭkay), or Dhammayut Order (Thai: คณะธรรมยุต)...
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The Khuddaka Nikāya (lit. 'Minor Collection') is the last of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets"...
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Rāmañña Nikāya (රාමඤ්ඤ නිකාය, also spelled Ramanya Nikaya) was one of the three major Buddhist orders in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte...
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The Aṅguttara Nikāya (aṅguttaranikāya; lit. 'Increased-by-One Collection', also translated "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a Buddhist...
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The Amarapura Nikaya (Sinhala: අමරපුර මහ නිකාය) is a Sri Lankan monastic fraternity (gaṇa or nikāya) founded in 1800. It is named after the city of Amarapura...
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of Digha Nikaya suttas List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas List of Anguttara Nikaya suttas List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas Sujato...
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The Mahasthabir Nikaya or Mahāsthabir Nikāya is a Bengali order of Buddhist monks. They were anti-reformists and anti-foreign influence who attempted to...
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The Siam (also Siyamopali and Siyam) Nikaya is a monastic order within Sri Lankan Buddhism, founded by Upali Thera of Siyam, on the initiatives taken by...
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Maha Dwara Nikaya (Burmese: မဟာဒွာရနိကာယ, IPA: [məhà dwàɹa̰ nḭkàja̰]); also spelt Maha Dwaya Nikaya or Mahādvāra Nikāya, is a small monastic order of monks...
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Shwegyin Nikāya (Burmese: ရွှေကျင်နိကာယ; MLCTS: Hrwekyang Ni.kaya., IPA: [ʃwèdʑɪ́ɰ̃ nḭkàja̰]; also spelt Shwekyin Nikāya) is the second largest monastic...
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Theravada (category Nikaya schools)
Mahasthabir Nikaya Sangharaj Nikaya Myanmar (Myanmar): Dwara Nikaya Hngettwin Nikaya Shwekyin Nikaya Thudhamma Nikaya Sri Lanka: Amarapura Nikaya has many...
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of Digha Nikaya suttas List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas List of Anguttara Nikaya suttas List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas Buddhist...
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Thudhamma Nikaya (Burmese: သုဓမ္မာနိကာယ, IPA: [θudəma̰ nḭkàja̰]; also spelt Sudhammā Nikāya) is the largest monastic order of monks in Burma. It is one...
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The Sangharaja Nikaya or Saṅgharāja Nikāya is a tradition of Theravada Buddhism, located in Bangladesh. The word Nikaya is Pali and literally means "volume"...
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Anguttara Nikaya, 1:98–100. Aliya vasani: either the Ariyavasa Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya, V:29, or the Ariyavamsa Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya, II: 27–28....
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Vanavasa Nikaya) Burmese Theravāda Thudhamma Nikaya Vipassanā tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw and disciples Shwegyin Nikaya Dvaya Nikaya or Dvara Nikaya (see...
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The Sthavira nikāya (Sanskrit "Sect of the Elders"; Chinese: 上座部; pinyin: Shàngzuò Bù; Vietnamese: Trưởng lão bộ) was one of the early Buddhist schools...
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Hngettwin Nikaya (Burmese: ငှက်တွင်နိကာယ, IPA: [ŋ̊ɛʔtwɪ̀ɰ̃ nḭkàja̰]), officially Catubhummika Mahāsatipaṭṭhana Nikāya (Burmese: စတုဘုမ္မိက မဟာသတိပဋ္ဌာန်...
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Gombrich, quoted by Christopher Queen. The Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya The surviving portions of the scriptures of...
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(Pali: nikāya) in Sri Lanka, the other being the Siyam Nikāya. The order came into existence on August 16, 2019 through the union of the Amarapura Nikāya and...
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Atthakatha (section Other Khuddaka Nikaya commentaries)
Pitaka :- one each on the Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya; four on Khuddaka Nikaya books; and three on the Abhidhamma...
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Yogācāra Nikaya Buddhism (also called "Hinayana") Theravada Sangharaj Nikaya Mahasthabir Nikaya Dwara Nikaya Shwegyin Nikaya Thudhamma Nikaya Amarapura–Rāmañña...
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Majjhima Nikaya was published by Wisdom Publications in 1995. Translations by Bhikkhu Bodhi of the Samyutta Nikaya and the Anguttara Nikaya were published...
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