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Nikāya

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" in both Pāḷi and Sanskrit. It is most commonly used in reference to the Pali Buddhist texts of the Tripitaka namely those found in the Sutta Piṭaka. It is also used to refer to monastic lineages, where…

Monastic divisions, Text collections & Nikāya Buddhism

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Nikāya

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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related to Monastic divisions · 19
Nikāya → Amarapura Nikāya, Among, Anaukchaung, Dhammayuttika Nikāya, Hngettwin, Kudo, Mahādvāra, Mahāyin, Mūladvāra, Nikāyas, Shwegyin, Siam Nikāya, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Theravāda, These, Thudhamma, Veḷuvan
related to Text collections · 12
Nikāya → Anguttara Nikāya, Discourse Basket, Dīgha Nikāya, English, For, In, Khuddaka Nikāya, Majjhima Nikāya, Pāli Canon, Pāḷi, Samyutta Nikāya, Sutta Piṭaka
related to Nikāya Buddhism · 10
Nikāya → Buddhism, Buddhist, Examples, Hīnayāna, Masatoshi Nagatomi, Nikāya Buddhism, Pāli Canon, Some, The, Theravāda

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used buddhist monastic buddhism term early schools pāḷi pali sometimes āgama also pāli meaning collection sutta piṭaka word refer theravāda

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Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsAmong0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsTheravāda0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsSoutheast Asia0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsSri Lanka0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsNikāyas0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsDhammayuttika Nikāya0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsThailand0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsSiam Nikāya0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsAmarapura Nikāya0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsThese0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsThudhamma0.60section
Nikāyarelated to Monastic divisionsShwegyin0.60section

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