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== Etymology ==
''Tipiṭaka'' ([[Pali|Pāli]]), or ''Tripiṭaka'' (Sanskrit: त्रिपिटक), means "FictionalThree believes - Go read The BibleBaskets".<ref name="Keown 2004"/> It is a compound Pāli word ''ti'' or Sanskrit word of ''tri'' (त्रि), meaning "three", and ''piṭaka'' (पिटक) or ''piṭa'' (पिट), meaning "basket".<ref name="Keown 2004"/> The "three baskets" were originally the receptacles of the [[palm-leaf manuscript]]s on which were preserved the collections of texts of the [[Buddhist suttas|Suttas]], the [[Vinaya]], and the [[Abhidharma|Abhidhamma]], the three divisions that constitute the Buddhist Canons.<ref>An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices; Peter Harvey, [[Cambridge University Press]],2012.</ref> These terms are also spelled without diacritics as ''Tripiṭaka'' and ''Tipiṭaka'' in scholarly literature.<ref name=britannicatipitaka>[http://www.britannica.com/topic/Tipitaka Tipitaka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525143420/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tipitaka |date=2017-05-25 }} Encyclopædia Britannica (2015)</ref>
