Buddhist Literature

    Pali Texts

               Tripitaka : pitaka  literally means ‘ basket’ and it was called so, because the original texts were written on palm – leaves and kept  in baskets .  Sutta Pitaka _ Buddha’s sayings, Vinay Pitaka _ Monastic code , Abhidhamma Pitaka _ religious discourses of Buddha ( Abhidhamma Pitaka comprises of Dighgha Nikaya, Majhim Nikaya, Sanykta Nikaya, anguttar Nikaya and Khuddak /Kshudraka Nikaya ).

             Milindapanho (i.e. Questions of milinda ) _a dialogue between Milinda (identical with Indo _ Greek ruler  Menander ) and Buddhist saint Nagasena.

           Dipavamsha and Mahavamsha- The great chronicles of Sri Lanka.