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UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-I)
In which Pali canonical text does Gautama Buddha stress the need to protect the cow?
ASuttanipata ✓ Correct
BPrajnaparamita
CAbhidhamma Pitaka
DAshokavadana
Correct answer: (A) Suttanipata — The text is the Suttanipata, so the answer is the Suttanipata.
Explanation
★The text is the Suttanipata, so the answer is the Suttanipata.
★In the Suttanipata, Gautama Buddha stresses the need to protect the cow.
★The Suttanipata is among the oldest Buddhist texts.
★The Abhidhamma Pitaka is a detailed scholastic analysis of the Buddha's teachings in the suttas.
★It reworks the suttas into a schematized system that might be called Buddhist psychology.
★So the Pali canonical text stressing the protection of the cow is the Suttanipata.
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