The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2384 page)

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tras are also sharp and elliptical works which are commented on in the
dar
ana
(philosophical) works: e.g.
Jaimini
,
B
dar
ya
a
,
Ka
da
,
PataƱjali.
2
In Buddhism, s
tras (P
li,
sutta
) are the collections of the discourses or teachings of the
Buddha
. In
Therav
da
, they are gathered in the second part of the P
li canon (
tripi
aka
), the S
tra-(Sutta-) pi
aka. They are then divided into five collections,
nik
yas

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