suttanta

Updated: January 14, 2026

In the Vinaya we hear of people who know special books: of monks who are preachers of the Dhamma and others who know the Sutta: of laymen who have learnt a particular suttanta and are afraid it will fall into oblivion unless others learn it from them.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1