Pāli Dictionary

nikāya

niprefixcirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kāya, jāta, vagga, gaṇa, gāma, khandha, pakkha, bhāga

general

  • groupe; classe; assemblée; collection; secte; ordre

  • group; class; assemblage; collection; sect; order

  • SN 22.100

    n'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekanikāyam'pi samanupassāmi evaṃ cittaṃ yatha'y'idaṃ, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā, te'pi kho, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā citten'eva cittitā, tehi'pi kho, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatehi pāṇehi cittaññ'eva cittataraṃ.

  • DN 22

    katamā ca, bhikkhave, jāti? yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti sañjāti okkanti abhinibbatti khandhānaṃ pātubhāvo āyatanānaṃ paṭilābho, ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, jāti.

  • maison; demeure; foyer; lieu

  • house; dwelling; home; location

doctrine

  • Nikāya; l’une des cinq collections du Suttapiṭaka

  • (especially) one of the five collections of the Suttapiṭaka; Nikāya

nika

via inflected form nikāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Nika; nom d’un devaputta

  • Nika; name of a deity (devaputta)

  • SN 2.30

    atha kho sambahulā nānātitthiyasāvakā devaputtā asamo ca sahali ca niko ca ākoṭako ca vegabbhari ca māṇavagāmiyo ca abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ veḷuvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.

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