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Tripitaka, n.
Brit. |trɪˈpɪtəkə|, |ˌtrɪpɪˈtɑːkə|, U.S. |ˌtrɪpəˈtɑkə|
[Buddhist Sanskrit tripiṭaka, probably altered form (by folk etymology) of ṭippiṭaka: see etymological note at Pitaka n. and compare pitara n.]
Buddhism. Usu. with the. The sacred canon of (Theravada) Buddhism, originally written in the Pali language; a book containing these texts.
The canon is divided into three sections or pitakas (cf. Pitaka n.).
1847Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 1 279 The Sanskrit books of Nepal..contain express notices of that threefold distinction of the contents of the Canon, marked by general tradition as of primitive origin, with reference to which it has the title of Tripitaka. 1870J. E. Johnson Monks before Christ ii. ii. 63 We have the Tripitaka,..sacred book of the Buddhists.., which is little more than a manual of monkish usages. 1897Amer. Hist. Rev. 2 332 The principal original sources from which our knowledge of Buddhism is drawn or is yet to be drawn, namely, the Tripitaka or Pali Sacred Scriptures. 1932Times 24 Oct. 9/3 General C. L. Chu..unexpectedly discovered there a complete collection of this Tripitaka in two of the temples. 1999C. Prebish in D. R. Williams & C. S. Queen Amer. Buddhism xi. 206 Gantha-dhura originally referred only to the learning and teaching of the Tripitaka. |