Pāli Dictionary

niddesa

nīprefixdisrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dis1voir

general

  • description analytique; exposé détaillé

  • an analytical description; a detailed, explanatory exposition

doctrine

  • Niddesa – titre de deux livres du Khuddaka Nikāya (Mahāniddesa et Cūḷaniddesa)

  • 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

  • Un ouvrage de commentaire inclus dans le Khuddakanikāya, divisé en Cūḷaniddesa et Mahāniddesa, qui commentent respectivement les sections Parāyana et Aṭṭhaka du Suttanipāta et sont traditionnellement attribués à Sāriputta.

  • 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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