Tipitaka, Tripiṭaka, Tripitaka, Tipiṭaka, Tri-pitaka, Ti-pitaka: 22 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Tripitaka:—The three baskets (or groups) of Theravada teachings. They are also known as the Agama sutras.
Tipitaka refers to the Buddhist (Pali) Canon. Literally, "three baskets," in reference to the three principal divisions of the Canon: the Vinaya Pitaka (disciplinary rules); Sutta Pitaka (discourses); and Abhidhamma Pitaka (abstract philosophical treatises).
Tipitaka (i.e., pitaka, basket; ti, three).—The three baskets. Set of pali canonical texts grouping together that which Buddha has taught and the atthakathas (authoritative commentaries). As indicated by the literal definition of the term, the tipitaka is divided between three parts: the vinaya; the suttantas; the abhidhamma. It does correspond with: The conduct; the stories (often of a metaphoric nature and explaining the practice at all levels); the theory (metaphysical section of Buddhas teaching were is expounded in details all that which does constitue reality).
The three Piiaka, or Tipitaka, are the three divisions of the teachings, namely: the Vinaya, Suttanta and Abhidhamma.
'The Three Baskets', is the name for the 3 main divisions of the Pāli Canon:
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the Basket of Discipline (Vinaya Pitaka),
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the Basket of Discourses (Sutta Pitaka) and
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the Basket of Philosophy (Abhidhamma Pitaka).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक) refers to the “three Baskets”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 3).—Accordingly, “[...] Finally a Brahmin monk named Kātyāyana, wise and of keen faculties (tīkṣnendriya), completely recited the three Baskets (tripiṭaka), the inner and outer texts (ādhyātmikabahyasūtra). Wishing to explain the words of the Buddha, he compiled the jñānaprasthānāṣṭagrantha. The first chapter (skandhaka) deals with the supreme worldly Dharmas (laukikāgradharma). Subsequently, his disciples made from it a vibhāṣā for people of ages to come who could not completely understand the Aṣṭagrantha (or Jñānaprasthāna)”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक) (in Tibetan: sde snod gsum) — The basic threefold collection of Buddhist canonical scriptures, divided into vinaya, sutra, and abhidharma . This organization of scriptures is most applicable in the cases of the Pali and other Hinayana canons; the Tibetan and Chinese Tripiṭakas are organized along rather different lines
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Tripitaka in Sanskrit, Tipitaka in Pali. The three parts of Pali canon, consisting of: 1. Sutra Pitika (Sanskrit) or Sutta Pitaka (Pali), or the Sutra Basket - containing the entire , the sermons attributed to the Shakyamuni Buddha. 2. Vinaya Pitika (both Sanskrit and Pali), or the Ordinance Basket - containing the rules of monastic life. 3. Abhidharma Pitika (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma Pitaka (Pali), or Shastras, or the Treatise Basket - containing the doctrinal commentaries, philosophical and technical works, such as discourses, discussions, or treatises on the dogma, doctrines, etc.
Tripiṭaka (Pali: Tipitaka) is a Sanskrit word meaning Three Baskets. It is the traditional term used by Buddhist traditions to describe their various canons of scriptures. The expression Three Baskets originally referred to three receptacles containing the scrolls on which the Buddhist scriptures were originally preserved.[citation needed] Hence, the Tripiṭaka traditionally contains three "baskets" of teachings: a Sūtra Piṭaka (Sanskrit; Pali: Sutta Pitaka), a Vinaya Piṭaka (Sanskrit & Pali) and an Abhidharma Piṭaka (Sanskrit; Pali: Abhidhamma Piṭaka).
Tripitaka is the three main categories of texts that make up the Buddhist canon.
- Sutras: These are mainly teachings and sermons of Buddha originally transcribed in Sanskrit or Pali. They may contain descriptions of Buddha and parables which may help lead to enlightenment of the reader.
- Abhidharma: Philosophical and psychological discourse and interpretation of Buddhist doctrine.
- Vinaya: Rules and regulation of monastic life that range from dress code and dietary rules to prohibition in personal conduct.
The term Tripiṭaka had tended to become synonymous with Buddhist scriptures, and thus continued to be used for the Chinese and Tibetan collections, although their general divisions do not match a strict division into three piṭakas. In the Chinese tradition, the texts are classified in a variety of ways, most of which have in fact four or even more piṭakas or other divisions.
The Chinese form of Tripiṭaka, "sānzàng" (三藏), was sometimes used as an honorary title for a Buddhist monk who has mastered the teachings of the Tripiṭaka. In Chinese culture this is notable in the case of the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, whose pilgrimage to India to study and bring Buddhist text back to China was portrayed in the novel Journey to the West as "Tang Sanzang" (Tang Dynasty Tripiṭaka Master). Due to the popularity of the novel, the term "sānzàng" is often erroneously understood as a name of the monk Xuanzang. One such screen version of this is the popular 1979 Monkey (TV series).
Literally hree baskets - the colections of the Buddhist scriptures, classified according to Sutta (Discourses), Vinaya (Discipline or Training) and Abhidhamma (Meta physics)
Tripitaka (Tripitaka) Skt. (Pali, Tipitaka), lit., “Three Baskets”; canon of Buddhist scriptures, consisting of three parts: the Vinaya-Pitaka, the Sūtra-pitaka, and the Abhidharma-pitaka. The first “basket” contains accounts of the origins of the Buddhist sangha as well as the rules of discipline regulating the lives of monks and nuns. The second is composed of discourses said to have come from the mouth of Buddha or his immediate disciples and is arranged into five “collections”: Dīgha-nikāya, Majjhima-nikāya, Samyutta-nikāya, Anguttara-nikāya, Khuddaka-nikāya. The third part is a compendium of Buddhist psychology and philosophy.
The Vinaya-Pitaka contains some of the oldest parts of the canon, which originated in the first decades after the death of the Buddha. After the split into individual schools, the Abhidharma-pitaka, which differs from school to school, was added.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
tipiṭaka : (nt.) the 3 divisions of the Buddhist Canon.
1) tipiṭaka (တိပိဋက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[tipiṭaka+ṇa]
[တိပိဋက+ဏ]
2) tipiṭaka (တိပိဋက) [(na) (န)]—
[ti+piṭaka]
[တိ+ပိဋက]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) tipiṭaka—
(Burmese text): (က) ၃-ပုံသော ပိဋကတို့၏အပေါင်း။ (ခ) ၃-ပုံသောပိဋက၊ ပိဋက ၃-ပုံ။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): (a) The combination of 3-shaped illustrations. (b) 3-shaped illustrations, illustrations in 3 shapes. Please refer to the original.
2) tipiṭaka—
(Burmese text): ပိဋက ၃-ပုံကို နှုတ်ငုံဆောင်သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): The one who carried the 3-dimensional object.
Tipiṭaka (in Pali) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 三藏 [sān cáng]: “three baskets”.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक).—the 3 collections of Buddhistic sacred writings (sutta, vinaya and abhidhamma).
Derivable forms: tripiṭakam (त्रिपिटकम्).
Tripiṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and piṭaka (पिटक).
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक).—(1) nt. (= Pali id.), the ‘three baskets’, the Buddhist canon: Mahāvyutpatti 1411; (2) m., = tripiṭa (1): Divyāvadāna 54.15.
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक).—[neuter] the three baskets (i.e. collections of Buddhistic writings).
1) Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक):—[=tri-piṭaka] [from tri] n. the 3 baskets or collections of sacred writings (Sūtra-, Vinaya-, and Abhidharma-piṭaka), [Buddhist literature]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. = ṭa, [Divyāvadāna ii, 575.]
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक):—(tri + pi) n. die drei Körbe oder Sammlungen, Collectivname für die 3 Klassen der buddh. Schriften: Sūtrapiṭaka, Vinayapiṭaka und Abhidharmapiṭaka [Burnouf 35. 46.] [WASSILJEW 69.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 177.]
Tripiṭaka (त्रिपिटक):—n. die drei Piṭaka , d.i. Sūtra- , Vinayaund Abhidharmapiṭaka.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Tripiṭaka (ತ್ರಿಪಿಟಕ):—[noun] 'a collection of scriptures originally recorded from oral traditions in the first 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); Pali canon; Tripitaka.'
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches (+0): Tri, The, The, TR, Pitaka, Tipitaka, Te, Ti, Na.
Starts with (+0): Tipitakaculabhayatthera, Tipitakaculanagatthera, Tipitakaculasumanatthera, Tipitakaculasumatthera, Tipitakadhara, Tipitakalankara, Tipitakamahadhammarakkhitatthera, Tipitakamahasivatthera, Tipitakanaya, Tipitakanayavidhi, Tipitakanayavidhikusala, Tipitakapali, Tipitakapariyattidhammappabheda, Tipitakapariyattidhara, Tipitakapariyattippabheda, Tipitakasabbapariyattippabhedadhara, Tipitakasangahita, Tipitakatheravada, Tipitakatissatthera.
Full-text (+997): San cang, Tipitakatissatthera, Tipitakamahasivatthera, Tipitakasangahita, Tipitakanaya, Tipitakapariyattidhara, Tipitakaculabhayatthera, Tipitakatheravada, Tipitakapariyattippabheda, Tipitakapariyattidhammappabheda, Tipitakamahadhammarakkhitatthera, Tipitakasabbapariyattippabhedadhara, Tipitakadhara, Da cang jing, Cang jiao, San cang jiao, Abhidhamma, San cang fa shi, Da ming san cang sheng jiao mu lu, Lun cang.
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