Khuddaka Nikaya

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The Khuddaka Nikaya ("Minor Collection") is the last of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This nikaya consists of fifteen books on various topics by the Buddha and his chief disciples. Note that the Burmese version of the Khuddaka Nikaya contains three additional books, for a total of eighteen.

[edit] Divisions

This nikaya contains the following texts:

• Khuddakapatha
• Dhammapada
• Udana
• Itivuttaka
• Sutta Nipata
• Vimanavatthu
• Petavatthu
• Theragatha
• Therigatha
• Jataka
• Niddesa
• Patisambhidamagga
• Apadāna
• Buddhavamsa
• Cariyapitaka

The additional texts in the Burmese canon are:

• Nettippakarana or Netti
• Petakopadesa
• Milindapanha

The first two of these are also included in the Sinhalese (Buddha Jayanti) edition of the Canon.

[edit] See also

• Anguttara Nikaya
• Buddhist texts
• Digha Nikaya
• Majjhima Nikaya
• Samyutta Nikaya

[edit] External links

• Khuddaka Nikaya in Pali and English
• Khuddaka Nikaya in English