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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.

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Trieste
Trigon
Trilogy
Trimilki
Trimmer
Trinculo
Trine
Trinity
Trinobantës
Trinoda Necessitas
Tripitaka means the “triple basket,”
Triple Alliance
Tripos
Trismegistus [thrice greatest]
Tristram (Sir)
Triton
Triumph
Trivet
Trivia
Trivial
Trivium