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nikāya

Pāḷi word meaning "volume." commonly used in reference to the Sutta Piṭaka but also refer to the monastic divisions of Theravāda Buddhism.
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nikāya

Summary

nikāya ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • nikāya's subclass of is recorded as Sutta Pitaka[2].
  • nikāya's part of is recorded as Pāli Canon[3].
  • nikāya's has part is recorded as Dīgha Nikāya[4].
  • nikāya's has part is recorded as Majjhima Nikāya[5].
  • nikāya's has part is recorded as Saṃyutta Nikāya[6].
  • nikāya's has part is recorded as Anguttara Nikaya[7].
  • nikāya's has part is recorded as Khuddaka Nikaya[8].
  • nikāya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023mp8[9].
  • nikāya's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph146588[10].
  • nikāya's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • nikāya's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/nikaya[12].
  • nikāya's different from is recorded as monastic order[13].
  • nikāya's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03124819n[14].
  • nikāya's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122wzhzs[15].
  • nikāya's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 니까야[16].

Why It Matters

nikāya ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1] nikāya has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

Sutta Pitaka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). nikāya. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nik-ya
MLA “nikāya.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nik-ya.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nik-ya_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{nikāya}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nik-ya}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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