Āgama (Buddhism)
In Buddhism, an āgama (Sanskrit and Pali for "sacred work" or "scripture") is a collection of Early Buddhist scriptures. The five āgamas together comprise the Sūtra Piṭaka of the early Buddhist schools. The various schools had different recensions of each āgama. In Pāli language Sutta Piṭaka of the Theravada school's Pali Canon the term nikāya is used in place of āgama. Āgamas of various schools are preserved in in Chinese translation, and portions also survive in Sanskrit and in Tibetan translation.
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