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what is buddist literature

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Answer 1

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Buddhist texts are those religious texts which are part of the Buddhist tradition. The first Buddhist texts were initially passed on orally by Buddhist monastics, but were later written down and composed as manuscripts in various Indo-Aryan languages and collected into various Buddhist canons

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Answer 2

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During his lifetime the Buddha taught not in Vedic Sanskrit, which had become tough to the people, but in his own Indian dialect, he also encouraged his monks to propagate his teachings in the vernacular. After his death, the Buddhist canon was formulated and transmitted by oral tradition, and it was written down in several versions in the 2d and 1st cent. B.C. Its main divisions, called Pitakas.

Tripitaka, also known as Pali Canon in English, is a traditional term used for Buddhist scriptures. The three pitakas are Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka.

Sutta Pitaka

It has around 10 thousand sutras related to Buddha and his close associates.

It also deals with the first Buddhist council, held shortly after Buddha’s death.

Sutta Pitaka is divided under following sections:

• Anguttara Nikaya which comprises the numerical.

• Digha Nikaya, which comprises the long discourses.

• Khuddaka Nikaya which comprises the minor collection.

• Majjhima Nikaya, which comprises the middle length.

• Samyutta Nikaya which comprises the connected discourses of Buddha