Pali Canon

nounBuddhism.

a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka ): sermons (Sutta Pitaka ), the rules of the Buddhist order (Vinaya Pitaka ), and several treatises on philosophy and psychology (Abhidhamma Pitaka ).

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A canon composed in Sanskrit and apparently later than the Pali Canon.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) | Charles Eliot
Those already made known are partly Mahayanist and partly similar to the Pali Canon though not a literal translation of it.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) | Charles Eliot
In the following pages I propose to consider the Pali Canon, postponing until later an account of the others.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) | Charles Eliot
As mentioned above, our Pali Canon is the recension of the Vibhajjavdins.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) | Charles Eliot
But nothing indicates that any part of what we call the Pali Canon underwent this process.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) | Charles Eliot

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