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Tripitaka

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several canons of Buddhist scripture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka, “Three Baskets”). Compare Pali tipiṭaka (“Three Baskets”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: ত্রিপিটক (tripiṭok) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Burmese: ပိဋကတ် (pi.ta.kat) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Burmese: တိပိဋက (ti.pi.ta.ka.) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Chakma: 𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄨𑄑𑄧𑄇𑄴 (tripiṭak) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三藏 (sānzàng) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Esperanto: Tripitako — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Finnish: tripitaka — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Gujarati: ત્રિપિટક (tripiṭak) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Hindi: त्रिपिटक (tripiṭak) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Japanese: 三蔵 (sanzō) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Khmer: ព្រះត្រៃបិដក (preăhtraibĕdkâ) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Korean: 삼장 (samjang) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Mongolian: гурван аймаг сав (gurvan ajmag sav) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Nepali: त्रिपिटक (tripiṭak) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Pali: Tipiṭaka — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Persian: تریپیتاکا — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Persian: تیپیتاکا — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Punjabi: ਤ੍ਰਿਪਿਟਕ (tripiṭak) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Russian: Трипитака (Tripitaka) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Sanskrit: त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Sanskrit: त्रिपिटकम् (tripiṭakam) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Shan: ပီႉတၵၢတ်ႈ (pḭ̂i tǎ kāat) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Shan: ပိတ်ႈတၵၢတ်ႈ (pīt tǎ kāat) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Sinhalese: ත්රිපිටකය (tripiṭakaya) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Tamil: திரிபிடகம் (tiripiṭakam) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Tangut: 𗛰𗔇 — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Thai: ไตรปิฎก (dtrai-bpì-dòk) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Thai: พระไตรปิฎก — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Thai: ตรีปิฎก — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Thai: พระตรีปิฎก — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Tibetan: སྡེ་སྣོད་གསུམ (sde snod gsum) — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture
  • Vietnamese: Tam tạng — any of several canons of Buddhist scripture