Tripitʹaka means the “triple basket,”
a term applied to the three classes into which the canonical writings of the Buddha are divided—viz. the Soutras, the Vinaʹya, and the Abidharma. (See these words.)
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.