Pitaka
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Pitaka
< Pali: literally, basket
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GIF: Pitaka Those downsides aside, the MagEZ certainly lives up to the easy part of its name, as charging just requires plopping the case near the base and letting the magnets do their thing.
From The Verge ● May 30, 2022
The Pitaka MagEZ Case 2 is made of the same tough aramid fibers that the military and the aerospace industry use in ballistic body armor.
From The Verge ● Sep. 27, 2021
It contains word for word almost the whole of the life of Gautama given by Turnour, from a commentary on the Buddhavansa, "which is the account of the Buddhas contained in the second Pitaka."
From Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Frank F. Ellinwood
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 Sir Charles Eliot
Pitaka, pit′a-ka, n. a collection of Buddhist scriptures, as made in Tibet.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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