Kasmā panesa khuddakanikāyoti vuccatīti? bahunnaṃ khuddakānaṃ Dhammakkhandhānaṃ samūhato nivāsato ca. Samūhanivāsā hi "nikāyo"ti vuccanti. "nāhaṃ bhikkhave aññaṃ ekanikāyampi samanupassāmi evañcittaṃ, yathayidaṃ bhikkhave tiracchānagatā pāṇā. Poṇikanikāyo cikkhallikanikāyo"ti evamādīni cettha sādhakāni sāsanato ca lokato ca. Ayamassa khuddakanikāyassa ekadeso. Imāni suttantapiṭakapariyāpannāni atthato vivarituṃ vibhajituṃ uttānīkātuñca adhippetāni
@3 saṃ. khandha. 17/100/119 dutiyagaddūlabaddhasutta 4 Sī. iccassa Khuddakāni, tesampi khuddakānaṃ saraṇasikkhāpada dvattiṃsākāra kumārapañhā maṅgalasutataratanasutta tirokuḍḍa nidhikaṇḍa mettasuttānaṃ vasena navappabhedo khuddakapāṭho ādi ācariyaparamparāya vācanāmaggaṃ āropitavasena, na bhagavatā vuttavasena. Bhagavatā hi vuttavasena:-
anekajātisaṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ anibbisaṃ