nikAya · masculine · nikāya 1
group
nikāya , ( 1 ) (as in Skt. , but nt. , in Skt. m. ) collection, group : yena … deva-nikāyaṃ tenopasaṃkrameyaṃ Mv i.54.13 ; Buddha is saptabhiś ca nikāyaiḥ saṃpuraskṛto Divy 159.15 ; ( 2 ) (= Pali id. ) ‘collection’ of sūtras in the Buddhist canon, or more loosely, the canon collectively: nikāya-gati-saṃbhavāt Laṅk 292.13 , from (having their) origin in the course of the canon , and °gati-gotrā(ḥ) 16, said of the abhijñā ( psychic powers , Suzuki ) as acquired by orthodox canonical lore; Suzuki misunderstands the mg. , which is made clear by naikāyika , q.v. , shortly after; ( 3 ) school (of religious opinion), in nikāyāntarīya , q.v. ( orig. and lit. , no doubt, canon as under 2). The four Nikāyas of the Pali canon are usually called Āgamas in BHS .
a group; sect; a collection; especially a group of suttas, one of the five collections of the suttapiṭaka
Nikāya [Sanskrit nikāya, ni + kāya] collection ("body") assemblage, class, group; 1. generally (always —°): eka° one class of beings As 66; tiracchāna° the animal kingdom S III 152; deva° the assembly of the gods, the gods D II 261; M I 102; S IV 180; A III 249; IV 461; Pv-a 136; satta° the world of beings, the animate creation, a class of living beings S II 2, 42, 44; M I 49 (tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi s.-nikāye of all beings in each class); Vibh 137; Pv-a 134. 2. Especially the collection of Buddhist Suttas, as the 5 sections of the Suttanta Piṭaka, viz. Dīgha°, Majjhima°, Saṃyutta°, Aṅguttara° (referred to as D, M, S, A in dictionary quotations), Khuddaka°; enumerated Pv-a 2; Anāg page 35; Dhp-a II 95 (dhammāsanaṃ āruyha pañcahi nikāyehi atthañ ca kāraṇañ ca ākaḍḍhitvā). The five Nikāyas are enumerated also at Vism 711; one is referred to at Pj II 195 (pariyāpuṇāti master by heart). See further details under piṭaka. Cf. nekāyika.
【陽】 團體，教派，收集。
(masc, masc) group; type; class; order group [lit.] collection Construction: ni + √ci > ki > kay + *a
(masc, masc) set; collection; volume sect, collection Construction: ni + √ci > ki > kay + *a