Growth of Vernacular Languages, Scripts, Literature, Fine Arts
Buddhism. As it stands today, it includes the scriptures, commentaries and semi-canonical texts. It consists of three sections called Pitakas (baskets): the Vinaya (“conduct”), the Sutta (“Sermon”) and the Abhidhamna (“Metaphysics”). The Vinayapitaka contains the Buddha’s pronouncements, spelling out rules for the conduct of the monastic order. With each such rule, the circumstances, which led … Read more