Niddesa
Niddesa,[Sk.nirdeśa,fr.niddisati,cp.desa,desaka etc.] 1.description,attribute,distinction PvA.7 (ukkaṭṭha°); °vatthu object of distinction or praise D.III,253= A.IV,15 (where reading is niddasa,which also as v.l.at D.III,253 & Ps.I,5).-- 2.descriptive exposition,analytic explanation by way of question & answer,interpretation,exegesis Vin.V,114 (sa°); Nett 4,8 38 sq.; Vism.26; DhsA.54; VvA.78; PvA.71,147.‹-› 3.N.of an old commentary (ascribed to Sāriputta) on parts of the Sutta Nipāta (Aṭṭhaka-vagga,interpreted in the Mahā-Niddesa; Pārāyana-vagga and,as a sort of appendix,the Khaggavisāṇa-sutta,interpreted in the Culla-Niddesa); as one of the canonical texts included in the Khuddaka Nikāya; editions in P.T.S.Quoted often in the Visuddhimagga,e.g.p.140,208 sq.etc.(Page 358)