[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s1.28 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.28 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.28 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.28) 2. Suttapiṭaka, “basket of the Suttas.” The Pāli word sutta corresponds to the Sanskrit sūtra, but with the Buddhists it has lost the old meaning of “short rule,”¹ and here means “discourse,” “sermon.” Every long or short explanation, frequently in the form of a dialogue, on one or more points of religion (dhamma) is called a sutta and often also suttanta (Sanskrit sūtrānta). The Suttapiṭaka consists of five nikāyas, \*i. e.\*, great collections of these suttas or suttantas. - [Previous: v2.c19.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.27) - [Next: v2.c19.s1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.29) - [Up: v2.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.28) · Pramāṇa