Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tripitaka \Tri*pit"a*ka\, n. [Skr. tripi[.t]aka.]
   The three divisions, or ``baskets'' (pitakas), of buddhist
   scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapi[.t]aka], or
   Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali], or Basket of
   Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali], or Basket of
   Metaphysics.