Vinaya Pitaka

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The Vinaya Pitaka is the canonical Buddhist text that lays down the monastic rules and disciplinary code for monks and nuns, especially central in the Theravada tradition.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Vinaya Pitaka canonical 9
Vinaya Piṭaka 6
Vinaya 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture
Pali Canon text
canonical text
appliesTo Buddhist monks
Buddhist nuns
associatedWith Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha
canonicalStatus one of the three baskets of the Tipitaka
part of Theravada canon
contains Patimokkha
surface form: Patimokkha rules
describes offences and penalties
procedures for communal acts
rules of conduct for monks
rules of conduct for nuns
focusesOn monastic discipline (vinaya)
genre legal text
monastic code
hasPart Khandhaka
Parivara
Sutta Vibhanga (as commentary and explanation)
surface form: Suttavibhanga
hasTranslation Burmese
Chinese (partial)
English
Sinhala
Thai
historicalContext early Indian Buddhism
influenced Buddhist monastic traditions in Southeast Asia
Buddhist monastic traditions in Sri Lanka
Vinaya Pitaka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Theravada monastic law
language Pali
mainSubject monastic discipline
monastic rules
partOf the Pali Canon
surface form: Pali Canon

Tripitaka
surface form: Tipitaka
positionInCanon first basket of the Tipitaka
preservedIn Burmese Theravada tradition
Sri Lankan Theravada tradition
Thai Theravada tradition
relatedWork Abhidhamma Pitaka
Sutta Pitaka
religiousTradition Buddhism
Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
subjectOf Buddhist studies scholarship
traditionallyAttributedTo early Buddhist community
usedBy Theravada monastic communities
usedFor disciplinary procedures
ordination procedures
regulating monastic life

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theravada primaryScripture Vinaya Pitaka
Isipatana mentionedIn Vinaya Pitaka
Indian Buddhism hasCanonicalCollection Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya
Shakya mentionedIn Vinaya Pitaka
Rāhula mentionedIn Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
Ānanda appearsIn Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
Śāriputra mentionedIn Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
Āgamas distinguishedFrom Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
Kuthodaw Pagoda inscriptionContent Vinaya Pitaka
Maudgalyāyana appearsIn Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
Three Baskets hasPart Vinaya Pitaka
Three Baskets subjectMatter Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya
Chinese Buddhist Canon contains Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
Patimokkha partOf Vinaya Pitaka
Patimokkha associatedWith Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Vinaya
Thai Forest Tradition follows Vinaya Pitaka
this entity surface form: Theravada Vinaya
Three Jewels of Buddhism mentionedIn Vinaya Pitaka
Vinaya Pitaka influenced Vinaya Pitaka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Theravada monastic law
Abhidhamma Pitaka contrastedWith Vinaya Pitaka
Vassa scripturalBasis Vinaya Pitaka