quasi-canonical

Updated: May 16, 2025

This Jain and Buddhist literature does not appear to have attained any religious importance or to have been regarded as even quasi-canonical, but the Dravidian Hindus produced two large collections of sacred works, one Śivaite the other Vishnuite, which in popular esteem rival the sanctity of the Vedas.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2