Treasury, thesaurus, store, to hide; the Canon. An intp. ofpiṭaka, a basket, box, granary, collection of writings. The 二藏 twofold canon may be the sutras and thevinaya; or the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna scriptures. The 三藏 ortripiṭakaconsists of the sutras,vinaya, andśāstras (abhidharma). The 四藏 fourfold canon adds a miscellaneous collection. The 五藏 fivefold collection is sutras,vinaya,abhidharma, miscellaneous, and spells, or, instead of the spells, a bodhisattva collection. There is also an esoteric fivefold canon, the first three being the above, the last two being theprājñāpāramitāand thedhāraṇīs.