Khuddaka
Khuddaka,=khudda; usually in cpds.In sequence khuddaka-majjhima-mahā Vism.100.Of smaller sections or subdivisions of canonical books Vin.V,145 sq.(with ref.to the paññattis),see also below.--catuppade kh° ca mahallake Sn.603.Khuddaka (m.) the little one,Miln.40 (mātā °assa).
--nadī=kunnadī,a small river PvA.154; --nikāya name of a collection of canonical books,mostly short (the fifth of the five Nikāyas) comprising the foll.15 books:Khuddaka-Pāṭha,Dhammapada,Udāna,Itivuttaka,Sutta-Nipāta,Vimāna-Vatthu,Peta-Vatthu,Thera and Therī Gāthā,Jātaka (verses only),Niddesa,Paṭisambhidāmagga,Apadāna,Buddha-Vaṁsa,CariyāPiṭaka.The name Kh-N.is taken from the fact that it is a collection of short books-short,that is,as compared with the Four Nikāyas.Anvs (J.P.T.S.1886) p.35; Gvns (J.P.T.S.1886) p.57; PvA.2,etc.--pāṭha N.of the first book in the Khuddaka Nikāya; --mañcaka a small or low bed J.I,167; --rājā an inferior king J.V,37 (+mahārājā); SnA 121; cp.khujja & kuṭṭa; --vaggulī (f.) a small singing bird DhA.III,223; --vatthuka belonging to or having smaller sections Vin.V,114.(Page 238)