Khuddaka Nikāya
| Khuddaka Nikāya | |
|---|---|
| Type | Canonical texts |
| Parent | Sutta Piṭaka |
| Contains | Khuddakapāṭha; Dhammapada; Udāna; Itivuttaka; Sutta Nipāta; Vimānavatthu; Petavatthu; Theragāthā; Therīgāthā; Apadāna; Buddhavaṁsa; Cariyāpiṭaka; Jātaka; Niddesa; Paṭisambhidāmagga; Nettipakaraṇa; Peṭakopadesa; Milindapañha |
| Abbreviation | KN |
| Pāli Canon |
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| Theravāda Buddhism |
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The Khuddaka Nikāya (lit. 'Minor Collection') is the last of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pāli Tipiṭaka, the sacred scriptures of Therevāda Buddhism. This nikāya consists of a various number of books, depending on the recension: fifteen in Thailand, fifteen in Sri Lanka (following Buddhaghosa's list), or eighteen in Burma, covering a wide variety of topics. It is attributed to the Buddha and his chief disciples.
The word khuddaka in the title means ‘small’ in Pāli and Nikāya is ‘collection’. The equivalent collection in the Chinese and Tibetan canons is the Kṣudraka Āgama, but there is substantial variation among the collections.