三藏之一的经藏，由五部尼柯耶组成——长部、中部、相应部、增支部、小部；其中前四部性质相近，不少经文同时见于两部或以上尼柯耶中。

One of the three divisions of the Tipiṭaka, comprising the five collections — the Dīgha, Majjhima, Saṃyutta, Aṅguttara, and Khuddaka Nikāyas — the first four being closely related in character, with a number of discourses appearing in more than one of them.