DR. SENARATH TENNAKOON WRITES: The Pali Cannon is also known as the Tipitaka (three baskets). The Vinaya Pitaka (monastic law), Sutta Pitaka (The Buddha's Discourses) and Abhidhamma (scholastic treaties) are these three baskets. The fifth and last division of the Sutta Pitaka is caleed Khuddaka Nikaya (Minor collection). Under the Khuddaka Nikaya there are fifteen works in all and the title of the tenth book is the Jataka (Birth Stories) which contains 547 stories of the Buddha's previous lives.
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