The concept of buddhavacana (word of the Buddha) is important in understanding how Buddhists classify and … See more

The earliest Buddhist texts were passed down orally in Middle Indo-Aryan languages called Prakrits, including Gāndhārī language, the early Magadhan language and Pāli through the use of repetition, communal recitation a… See more

The Theravāda tradition has an extensive commentarial literature, much of which is still untranslated. These are attributed to scholars working in Sri Lanka such as Buddhaghosa (5th century CE) and Dhammapala. … See more

See Mahāyāna sūtras for historical background and a list of some sutras categorised by source.
Around the beginning of the common era, a new genre of sutra literature began to be written wit… See more

The late Seventh century saw the rise of another new class of Buddhist texts, the Tantras, which focused on ritual practices and yogic techniques such as the use of Mantras, Dharanis, Mandalas, Mudras and Fire offerings… See more

• Abhidhamma Piṭaka
• Atthakatha
• Āgama (Buddhism)
• Buddhavacana
• Buddhist Publication Society… See more

• Media related to Buddhist texts at Wikimedia Commons
• The British Library: Discovering Sacred Texts - Buddhism Archived November 11, 2021, at the Wayback Machine… See more