Tripitaka

[trih-pit-uh-kuh]

noun Buddhism.

Pali Canon.

Origin of Tripitaka

< Sanskrit, equivalent to tri- tri- + piṭaka basket

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A new collection of the Tripitaka (the ninth) was published 1285-87.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
More than twenty of their treatises have been admitted into the Tripitaka.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
On the other hand, he attended Buddhist services and published an edition of the Tripitaka.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
He repaired many buildings at P'u-t'o and distributed copies of the Tripitaka to the monasteries of his Empire.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
Pagspa also superintended the preparation of a new edition of the Tripitaka, not in Mongol but in Chinese.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for tripitaka

Tripitaka

noun

Buddhism the three collections of books making up the Buddhist canon of scriptures

Word Origin for Tripitaka

from Pali tri three + pitaka basket

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