Pali Canon

noun

, Buddhism.

1. 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.

Example Sentences

A canon composed in Sanskrit and apparently later than the Pali Canon.

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Those already made known are partly Mahayanist and partly similar to the Pali Canon though not a literal translation of it.

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In the following pages I propose to consider the Pali Canon, postponing until later an account of the others.

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As mentioned above, our Pali Canon is the recension of the Vibhajjavdins.

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But nothing indicates that any part of what we call the Pali Canon underwent this process.

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