sutta pitaka teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
Major section of the Tripitaka, the canon of Theravada Buddhism, largely attributed to the Buddha himself. It is divided into five collections, or Nikayas: the Digha Nikaya ("Long Collection"), containing 34 lengthy sutras, including some of the most important doctrinal expositions; the Majjhima Nikaya ("Medium Collection"), containing 152 sutras dealing with a variety of subjects; the Samyutta Nikaya ("Cluster Collection"), with more than 7,000 sutras arranged according to subject; the Anguttara Nikaya ("Gradual Collection"), a numerical arrangement, for mnemonic purposes, of 9,557 terse sutras; and the Khuddaka Nikaya ("Short Collection"). See also Abhidhamma Pitaka; Vinaya Pitaka