Pali Canon: Meaning and Definition of

Pa'li Can'on

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— Buddhism. Buddhism.
  1. a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three partssermonsthe rules of the Buddhist orderand several treatises on philosophy and psychologyAlso called
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