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Tripiṭaka

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Tripiṭaka, forby kent as Tipiṭaka or Pali Canon, is the traditional term fur the Buddhist scripturs.[1][2] Thare are canonical texts revered as exclusively authoritative in Theravada Buddhism. The Mahayana Buddhism reveres thaim as authoritative an aa, but, unlik Theravadins, it reveres mony derivative literature an commentaries that war componed much later.[1][3]

References

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  1. 1 2 Tipitaka Encyclopedia Britannica (2015)
  2. "Buddhist Books and Texts: Canon and Canonization." Lewis Lancaster, Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd edition, pg 1252
  3. Barbara Crandall (2012). Gender and Religion, 2nd Edition: The Dark Side of Scripture. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 56–58. ISBN 978-1-4411-4871-1.