Pāli Dictionary

niddesa

nīprefixdisrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dis1see

general

  • an analytical description; a detailed, explanatory exposition

doctrine

  • Niddesa, the title of two canonical books of the Khuddaka Nikāya (Mahāniddesa and Cūḷaniddesa), an ancient exegesis of parts of the Sutta Nipāta

Encyclopedia

Niddesa
Text

  • A commentarial work included in the Khuddakanikāya, divided into the Cūḷaniddesa and Mahāniddesa, which comment respectively on the Parāyana and Aṭṭhaka divisions of the Suttanipāta and are traditionally ascribed to Sāriputta.

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