Articles discussing Niddesa
Buddhist Education in Pali and Sanskrit Schools
Folk Culture as Depicted in Sramana Literature
Bhag Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1979
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953
“The Niddesa, a commentaty on the Sutta Nipata contains a list of obscure cults which have been classified here into five well-defined groups: [i] animal and mountain cults (batthi, ass, go, kukkura, kaka, pabbata, Dbamae giri, Brabmagiri), [ii] demonic cults (naga, gandhabba, asura, pitaca, yakkba, Manibbadda and punnabbadda), [iii] the anthro-pomorphic cults (candima, suriya, Maharaja, dist, Brahma), [iv] the Vaisnavite cult (Vasudeva, Baladeva) and [v] the Saivite cult (Siva, Kalidevata and perhaps asipasa).”