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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A collection of Buddhist scriptures, as made in Tibet.
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Ang krisis dugay na gyod nako nabatyagan kay kani-adto moingon ko nga way kuarta, akong pitaka naa pa nay tinipigan nga bag-o ug way pilo gikan sa P20 ngadto sa P1,000, pero kon moingon nga way kuwarta, aw sus as in wala gyod,.
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When he had finished his noviciate and taken on him the obligations of the full Buddhist orders, his earnest courage, clear intelligence, and strict regulation of his demeanour were conspicuous; and soon after, he undertook his journey to India in search of complete copies of the Vinaya-pitaka.
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He does not mention it in his account of Fa-hien, who, he says, translated the Samyukta-pitaka
A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian
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Vinaya-pitaka of the Mahisasakah (school); (1) the Dirghagama and Samyuktagama (2) (Sutras); and also the
A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian
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The chief sources for early Buddhism are the sacred books comprised in the first two divisions of the Ti-pitaka (triple-basket), the threefold Bible of the Southern School of Buddhists.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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In the Tri-pitaka of the Northern School are included the well-known Saddharma-pundarika (Lotus of the True Law), and the legendary biographies of Buddha, the Buddha Charita, and the Lalita
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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While there may be doctrinal and disciplinary parts from the time of Buddha none of the twenty-nine books comprised in the Ti-pitaka can be proved to be older than 300 B.C.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The Southern canon, Ti-pitaka, which reflects more faithfully the teachings of Buddha and his early disciples, embraces
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The Ti-pitaka seems to date back to the second and third centuries B.C., but a few additions were made even after it was committed to writing in the early part of the first century of the Christian Era.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The Lü-tsang or Vinaya-pitaka is divided into Mahâyâna and Hînayâna texts, neither very numerous.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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