GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Digha Nikaya
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Anguttara Nikaya
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Khuddaka Nikaya
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Sayutta Nikaya
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Detailed explanation-1: -Khuddaka Nikaya, (Pali: “Short Collection”) diverse group of separate Buddhist texts constituting the fifth and last section of the Pali Sutta Pitaka (“Basket of Discourse”). Although it contains some very early works, it as a collection is later than the other four Nikayas and much more varied in form and content.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Digha Nikaya, or “Collection of Long Discourses” (Pali digha = “long") is the first division of the Sutta Pitaka, and consists of thirty-four suttas, grouped into three vaggas, or divisions: Silakkhandha-vagga-The Division Concerning Morality (13 suttas) Maha-vagga-The Large Division (10 suttas)
Detailed explanation-3: -The Khuddaka-Nikaya is a heterogeneous collection of 15 works: Khuddaka-Patha, Dhammapada, Udana, Itivuttaka, Sutta-Nipata, Vimanavatthu, Petavatthu, Theragatha, Therigatha, Jataka Niddesa, Patisambhidamagga, Apadana, Buddhavamsa and Cariyapitaka.