Mahāniddesa

Longer Exposition

The Mahāniddesa or “Great Exposition” is really one half of a book together with the Cūḷaniddesa, the “Shorter Exposition”. They offer commentaries on certain portions of the Sutta Nipāta, and lack counterparts in the northern canons. The Mahāniddesa comments on the sixteen poems of the fourth chapter, the “Chapter of the Eights” or Aṭṭhakavagga.

• Mnd 1KāmasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse on Sensuality
• Mnd 2GuhaṭṭhakasuttaniddesaExposition of the Eight on the Cave
• Mnd 3DuṭṭhaṭṭhakasuttaniddesaExposition of the Eight on Corruptions
• Mnd 4SuddhaṭṭhakasuttaniddesaExposition of the Eight on Purity
• Mnd 5ParamaṭṭhakasuttaniddesaExposition of the Eight on the Ultimate
• Mnd 6JarāsuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse on Old Age
• Mnd 7TissametteyyasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse with Tissa Metteyya
• Mnd 8PasūrasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse to Pasūra on Debate
• Mnd 9MāgaṇḍiyasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse to Māgaṇḍiya
• Mnd 10PurābhedasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse on Before the Dissolution
• Mnd 11KalahavivādasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse on Quarrels
• Mnd 12CūḷabyūhasuttaniddesaExposition of the Shorter Discourse on Arguments
• Mnd 13MahābyūhasuttaniddesaExposition of the Longer Discourse on Arguments
• Mnd 14TuvaṭakasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse on the Quick Way
• Mnd 15AttadaṇḍasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse on Taking Up Arms
• Mnd 16SāriputtasuttaniddesaExposition of the Discourse to Sāriputta