Tripitaka :→
>Tripitaka or Three Baskets
is a traditional term used for various Buddhist scriptures.
>It is known as pali Canon
in English.
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>The three pitakas are
Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka .
→Theravada school
Tripitaka is the only complete Tripitaka preserved in Pali.
→Sarvastivada is a
near complete Tripitaka written in Sanskrit and preserved in Sanskrit, Chinese
and Tibetan.
→The 7 books of
Abhidhammapitak a survive in Chinese Translation.
→Dhammaguptaka
tripitaka is written in Gandhari.
→Other versions of
Tripitaka are Mahasanghika, Mahisasaka, Mulasārvāstivād a & Kāśyapīya.
*Sutta Pitaka :→
>It contains over 10
thousand suttas or sutras related to Buddha and his close companions.
>This also deals with the
first Buddhist council which was held shortly after Buddha's death , dated by
the majority of recent scholars around 400 BC, under the patronage of king
Ajatasatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Rajgir.
>>Its sections are :→
1.Digha Nikaya :→
Comprises the"long"
discourses in 34 long sutras.
2.Majjhima Nikaya :→
Comprises the"middle-leng
th" discourses in 152 sutras.
3.Samyutta Nikaya :→
Comprises the
"connected" discourses in over 2800 sutras.
4.Anguttara Nikaya :→
Comprises the "numerical"
discourses in over 9600sutras.
5.Khuddaka Nikaya :→
Comprises the "minor
collection" It has 15-17 booklets. (Thai 15. Sinhali 17 & Burmese 18
booklets).
*Vinaya Pitaka :→
>The subject matter of
Vinay Pitaka is the monastic rules for monks and nuns. It can also be called as
Book of Discipline.
*Suttavibhanga :→
The basic code of Monastic
discipline is known as Patimokkha. It contains 227 rules for fully ordained
Monks called bikkhus (Maha vibhanga) and 311 rules for fully ordained nuns
called Bikkhunis (Bikkhuni Vibhanga). They are contained in Suttavibhanga, one
of the parts ofVinay Pitaka.
*Khandhaka :→
Khandhaka is the second book
of Vinay Pitaka. It has two volumes viz. Mahavagga and Cullavagga. Mahavagga
deals with the awakening of Buddha and his great disciples. Cullavagga deals
with the first and second Buddhist councils and establishments of community of
Buddhist nuns and rules for Buddhist community.
*Parivara :→
Parivara is the last book of
Vinaya Pitaka. It covers the summary of analysis of rules mentioned in firsttwo
books of Vinay Pitaka. Its is latest book and seems to be later than the Fourth
Buddhist Coincil in Ceylon. It also contains questions and answers.
*Abhidhammapitaka :→
>Abhidhammapitaka deals
with the philosophy and doctrine of Buddhism appearing in the suttas. However,
it does not contain the systematic philosophical treatises. There are 7 works
of Abhidhamma Pitaka which most scholars agree that don't represent the words
of Buddha himself.
>The 7 books are :→
1.Dhammasangani :→
It contains a matrix which
lists the classification of Dhammas or ideas.
2.Vibhanga :→
It has 18 chapters dealing
with different teachings of Buddhism. It is in 3 volumes and third volume is in
question answer format.
3.Dhatukatha :→
It has a matrix andvarious
topics.
4.Puggalapannat ti :→
It has a matrix which deals
with the list of the persons.
5.Kathavatthu :→
It contains the debates and
commentary on thoese debates.
6.Yamaka :→
Yamaka has questionsin pairs
andunderstanding.
7.Patthana :→
It also contains the questions
and answers.
