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The Theravāda tradition preserves its primary texts in the Pāli Tipiṭaka, or “three baskets”: discipline, discourses, and systematic teachings.

Pāli Tipiṭaka

Tipiṭaka
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+-- Vinaya Piṭaka (5 books)
|   +-- Sutta Vibhaṅga
|   |   +-- Mahā Vibhaṅga
|   |   +-- Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga
|   +-- Khandhaka
|   |   +-- Mahāvagga
|   |   +-- Cullavagga
|   +-- Parivāra
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+-- Sutta Piṭaka (5 collections)
|   +-- Dīgha Nikāya
|   +-- Majjhima Nikāya
|   +-- Saṁyutta Nikāya
|   +-- Aṅguttara Nikāya
|   +-- Khuddaka Nikāya (15 books)
|       +-- Khuddakapāṭha
|       +-- Dhammapada
|       +-- Udāna
|       +-- Itivuttaka
|       +-- Suttanipāta
|       +-- Vimānavatthu
|       +-- Petavatthu
|       +-- Theragāthā
|       +-- Therīgāthā
|       +-- Jātaka
|       +-- Niddesa
|       +-- Paṭisambhidāmagga
|       +-- Apadāna
|       +-- Buddhavaṃsa
|       +-- Cariyāpiṭaka
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+-- Abhidhamma Piṭaka (7 books)
    +-- Dhammasaṅgaṇī
    +-- Vibhaṅga
    +-- Dhātukathā
    +-- Puggalapaññatti
    +-- Kathāvatthu
    +-- Yamaka
    +-- Paṭṭhāna

This site currently focuses on the Sutta Piṭaka. It contains 5503 source pages representing 5313 canonical or source IDs, including the CC0 English translations available from Bhikkhu Sujato. Vinaya and Abhidhamma texts have not yet been collected here.

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