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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tiripiṭakam (திரிபிடகம்) [tiri-piṭakam] noun < tri-piṭaka. The three collections of Buddhist sacred writings, viz., cūttira-piṭakam, viṉaya-piṭakam, apitarma-piṭakam; சூதசங்கிதை்திரபிடகம், வினயபிடகம், அபிதர்மபிடகம் என்ற மூன்றுவகைப்பட்ட பெளத் தாகமத்தொகுதி. [suthirapidagam, vinayapidagam, apitharmapidagam enra munruvagaippatta pelath thagamathoguthi.] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 26, 66, அரும். [arum.])

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