Vinaya-pitaka
[vin-uh-yuh] /ˈvɪn ə yə/
noun, Buddhism.
1.
See under Pali Canon.
noun, Buddhism.
1.
a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
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