@4. catuk. 21/104.

Kathaṃ nikāyavasena pañcavidhaṃ. Sabbameva cetaṃ dīghanikāyo majjhimanikāyo saṃyuttanikāyo aṅguttaranikāyo khuddakanikāyoti pañcappabhedaṃ hoti. Tattha katamo dīghanikāyo. Tivaggasaṅgahāni brahmajālādīni catuttiṃsa suttāni.

Catuttiṃseva suttantā tivaggo yassa saṅgaho

esa dīghanikāyoti paṭhamo anulomiko. Kasmā panesa dīghanikāyoti vuccati. Dīghappamāṇānaṃ suttānaṃ samūhato nivāsato ca. Samūhanivāsā hi nikāyoti vuccanti. Nāhaṃ bhikkhave aññaṃ ekanikāyampi samanupassāmi evañcittaṃ yathayidaṃ bhikkhave tiracchānagatā pāṇā poṇikanikāyo cikkhallikanikāyoti evamādīni cettha sādhakāni sāsanato ca lokato ca. Evaṃ sesānampi nikāyabhāve vacanattho veditabbo. Katamo majjhimanikāyo. Majjhimappamāṇāni pañcadasavaggasaṅgahāni mūlapariyāyasuttādīni diyaḍḍhasataṃ dve ca suttāni.