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Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Tripatakas     Buddhism-Jainism-Question 5 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Buddhism and Jainism. ❓5.Identify the Buddhist literature from the following   A. Tripitakas   B. Angas   C.  Aranyakas   D. Upanishads Show Answer Tripitaka Note: A Tripataka, traditionally contains three 'baskets' of teachings : a Sutta Pitaka, a Vinaya Pitaka, and an Abhidhamma Pitaka . Tripataka is the three main categories of texts that make up the Buddhist canon. canon :-a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine. 🔑 Key Points The Tripitaka is the traditional term for the Buddhist scriptures. The version canonical to Theravada Buddhism is generally referred to in English as the Pali Canon. Mahayana Buddhism also holds the Tripitaka to be authoritative but, unlike Theravadins, it al

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Pali language     Buddhism-Jainism-Question 4 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Buddhism and Jainism. ❓4.The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in A.       Pictographical texts B.       Sanskrit texts C.       Pali texts D.       Prakrit texts Show Answer Pali texts Note: The Pali texts are the oldest collection of Buddhist scriptures preserved in the language, in which they were originally written. 🔑 Key Points ✔ Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent which is closely related to Sanskrit , and one of the major languages of Buddhist scriptures and literature. ✔Pali language has been used for over 2000 years by Theravada Buddhists of India, Sri Lanka, and South East Asia , who traditionally believed it to be the very language spoken by the B