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Sutta Pitaka

American  
[soot-uh] / ˈsʊt ə /

noun

Buddhism.
  1. Pali Canon


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In Buddhist literature the composite and tertiary character of the Sutta Pitaka is equally plain.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

But the Sutta Pitaka is an attempt to delineate a personality as well as to record a doctrine.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

The second is the Sutta Pitaka or collection of teachings.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan

This Sutta Pitaka is divided into five collections called Nikâyas.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Of greater general interest is the Sutta Pitaka, in which the sermons and discourses of the Buddha are collected.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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