masculine · niddesa 1 · niddesa 2
(specific) mention or reading
Niddesa [Sanskrit nirdeśa, from niddisati, cf. desa, desaka etc.] 1. description, attribute, distinction Pv-a 7 (ukkaṭṭha°); °vatthu object of distinction or praise D III 253 = A IV 15 (where reading is niddasa, which also as v.l. at D III 253 and Paṭis I 5). 2. descriptive exposition, analytic explanation by way of question and answer, interpretation, exegesis Vin V 114 (sa°); Nett 4, 8 38 f.; Vism 26; As 54; Vv-a 78; Pv-a 71, 147. 3. Name of an old commentary (ascribed to Sāriputta) on parts of the Sutta Nipāta (Aṭṭhaka-vagga, interpreted in the Mahā-Niddesa; Pārāyana-vagga and, as a sort of appendix, the Khaggavisāṇa-sutta, interpreted in the Culla-Niddesa); as one of the canonical texts included in the Khuddaka Nikāya; Quoted often in the Visuddhimagga, e.g. page 140, 208 f. etc.
【陽】 描述，（分析的）解釋。
(masc, masc, from niddisati) analytical description; detailed analysis description, analytic explanation [lit.] pointing away Construction: nī + √dis > des + *a
(masc, masc, from niddisati) Books 14 and 15 of the Khuddaka Nikāya; Mahāniddesa and Cūḷaniddesa name of 2 books in Tipiṭaka [lit.] pointing away Construction: nī + √dis > des + *a