Tripitaka

American  

[trih-pit-uh-kuh] / trɪˈpɪt ə kə /

noun

Buddhism.

1. Pali Canon.

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Tripitaka British  

/ trɪˈpɪtəkə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Tripitaka

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

Example Sentences

Tripitaka, as the monk is nicknamed, has been tasked by China’s emperor to bring back special sutras of salvation from Thunderclap Monastery on Soul Mountain.

From Washington Post

Tripitaka, tri-pit′a-ka, n. the whole body of the northern Buddhist canonical writings, comprising the three divisions of Sutras, or discourses of the Buddha for the laity; Vinaya, or discipline for the order; and Abhidharma, or metaphysics.

From Project Gutenberg

We read in our history about the repeated applications addressed by the Ashikaga Shogunate to the Korean government, not only for the donation of a complete set of the Buddhist Tripitaka reprinted in that country, but also the blocks themselves used in that reprinting.

From Project Gutenberg

Tonkin, 323 Tosa, school of painters, 247, 249 Totemism, 272 T�t�mi, province, 67, 268 Towns, provincial, 225 Toyotomi, family, 267, 285, 293 Tozama, 294, 296 Travelling, 236, 342 Tripitaka, Buddhist, 320, 322 Tsuba, 331 Tsugaru, strait of, 120 Tsunayoshi, Tokugawa, 327 Tsushima, island and province, 121 Types, in printing, 319ff., 322ff.

From Project Gutenberg

The books reprinted there in 1615 and 1616 were the index of the complete series of the Buddhist Tripitaka and the Extracts from Various Chinese Classics.

From Project Gutenberg