"nikāya" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit निकाय (nikāya). Etymology templates: {{der|pi|sa|निकाय}} Sanskrit निकाय (nikāya) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} nikāya m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], nikāyo [nominative, singular], nikāyā [nominative, plural], nikāyaṃ [accusative, singular], nikāye [accusative, plural], nikāyena [instrumental, singular], nikāyehi [instrumental, plural], nikāyebhi [instrumental, plural], nikāyassa [dative, singular], nikāyāya [dative, singular], nikāyatthaṃ [dative, singular], nikāyānaṃ [dative, plural], nikāyasmā [ablative, singular], nikāyamhā [ablative, singular], nikāyā [ablative, singular], nikāyehi [ablative, plural], nikāyebhi [ablative, plural], nikāyassa [genitive, singular], nikāyānaṃ [genitive, plural], nikāyasmiṃ [locative, singular], nikāyamhi [locative, singular], nikāye [locative, singular], nikāyesu [locative, plural], nikāya [singular, vocative], nikāyā [plural, vocative]
  1. group Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nikāya-pi-noun-rZNvy-1j
  2. collection Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nikāya-pi-noun--nSW5K6E Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 57 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 68 24 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 3 63 34
  3. (Buddhism) sect or chapter of monks Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-nikāya-pi-noun-XEKGNmlu Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 𑀦𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀬 [Brahmi, character], निकाय [Devanagari, character], নিকায [Bengali], නිකාය [Sinhalese, character], နိကာယ, ၼိၵႃယ [Burmese, character], นิกาย, นิกายะ [Thai, character], ᨶᩥᨠᩣᨿ [Tai-Tham, character], ນິກາຍ, ນິກາຍະ, ນິກາຢະ [Lao, character], និកាយ [Khmer, character], 𑄚𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄠 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "နိကာယ",
            "3": "နိကာယ်",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: နိကာယ (ni.kaya.), နိကာယ် (ni.kay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: နိကာယ (ni.kaya.), နိကာယ် (ni.kay)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "นิกาย",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: นิกาย (ní-gaai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: นิกาย (ní-gaai)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "निकाय"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit निकाय (nikāya)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit निकाय (nikāya).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "nikāya m",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "group"
      ],
      "id": "en-nikāya-pi-noun-rZNvy-1j",
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 57 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 68 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 63 34",
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          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "pi:Buddhism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        "sect or chapter of monks"
      ],
      "id": "en-nikāya-pi-noun-XEKGNmlu",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "sect",
          "sect"
        ],
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ],
        [
          "monk",
          "monk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) sect or chapter of monks"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀦𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "निकाय"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "নিকায"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "නිකාය"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "နိကာယ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ၼိၵႃယ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "นิกาย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "นิกายะ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᨶᩥᨠᩣᨿ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ນິກາຍ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ນິກາຍະ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ນິກາຢະ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "និកាយ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄚𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄠"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nikāya"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali masculine nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script",
    "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "နိကာယ",
            "3": "နိကာယ်",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: နိကာယ (ni.kaya.), နိကာယ် (ni.kay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: နိကာယ (ni.kaya.), နိကာယ် (ni.kay)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "นิกาย",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: นิกาย (ní-gaai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: นิกาย (ní-gaai)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "निकाय"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit निकाय (nikāya)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit निकाय (nikāya).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "nikāya m",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "group"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "collection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "pi:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sect or chapter of monks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "sect",
          "sect"
        ],
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ],
        [
          "monk",
          "monk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) sect or chapter of monks"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀦𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "निकाय"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "নিকায"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "නිකාය"
    },
    {
      "word": "နိကာယ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ၼိၵႃယ"
    },
    {
      "word": "นิกาย"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "นิกายะ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᨶᩥᨠᩣᨿ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ນິກາຍ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ນິກາຍະ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ນິກາຢະ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "និកាយ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄚𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄠"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nikāya"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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