The History of Indian Literature c6.62

c6.62

(*a*) The *Sútra-Piṭaka*: distinction between the simple and the Mahávaipulya-Sútras, 298 ; poetical pieces in latter, Gáthá-dialect, 299 ; contents of the *simple* Sútras : Ityukta, Vyákaraṇa, Avadána, Adbhuta-dharma, Geya, Gáthá, Upadeśa, Nidána, Játaka, 300, 301; their Pantheon different from that of the Bráhmaṇa-texts, 301 ; but identical with that of the Epic poetry, 303 ; other chronological data in the Sútras, 304.—(*b*) The *Vinaya-Piṭaka*: discipline of clergy, system of mendicancy, 305 ; Buddhistic hierarchy as distinguished from the Brahmanical, Buddhist cult, 306 ; points of connection with Christian ritual, 307.—(*c*) The *Abhidharma-Piṭaka*, 307 ; schools of Buddhist philosophy, 308 ; relation to the Sáṁkhya-system, 308; and to Gnosticism, 309.—Commentaries on the sacred scriptures, 309 ; Tantras, 310.