Tadetaṃ vinayapiṭakaṃ suttantapiṭakaṃ abhidhammapiṭakanti tīsu piṭakesu suttantapiṭaka- pariyāpannaṃ. Dīghanikāyo majjhimanikāyo saṃyuttanikāyo aṅguttaranikāyo khuddakanikāyoti pañcasu mahānikāyesu khuddakamahānikāyapariyāpannaṃ. Suttaṃ geyyaṃ veyyākaraṇaṃ gāthā udānaṃ itivuttakaṃ jātakaṃ abbhutadhammaṃ vedallanti navasu satthu sāsanaṅgesu yathāsambhavaṃ geyyaveyyākaraṇaṅgadvayasaṅgahitaṃ.

Dvāsīti buddhato gaṇhiṃ dve sahassāni bhikkhuto

caturāsīti sahassāni ye me dhammā pavattinoti dhammabhaṇḍāgārikattherena pana pañcasu etadaggaṃ āropitena paṭiññātānaṃ caturāsītiyā dhammakkhandhasahassānaṃ bhikkhuto gahitesu dvīsu dhammakkhandhasahassesu anekasatadhammakkhandhasaṅgahitaṃ. Tassa tayo vaggā mahāvaggo majjhimavaggo cūḷavaggoti. Ekekasmiṃ vaggasmiṃ dasadasakaṃ katvā ñāṇakathādikā mātikākathāpariyosānā samatiṃsakathā. Evamanekadhā avatthāpitassa imassa paṭisambhidāmaggappakaraṇassa anupubbaṃ apubbapadatthavaṇṇanaṃ karissāma. Imaṃ hi pakaraṇaṃ pāṭhato atthato uddisantena ca niddisantena ca sakkaccaṃ uddisitabbaṃ niddisitabbañca, uggaṇhantenāpi sakkaccaṃ uggahetabbaṃ dhāretabbañca. Taṃ kissa hetu? gambhīrattā imassa pakaraṇassa lokahitāya loke ciraṭṭhitatthaṃ.

Tattha samatiṃsāya kathāsu ñāṇakathā kasmā ādito kathitāti ce? ñāṇassa Paṭipattimalavisodhakattena paṭipattiyā ādibhūtattā. Vuttaṃ hi bhagavatā:-