Tripitaka

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) The three divisions, or "baskets" (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, - the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapi/aka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

(the three baskets), name given to the collection of the sacred books of Buddhism, as being formed of three minor collections, bearing the Sutras on discipline, the Vinaya on doctrine, and the Abidharma on metaphysics.

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