Buddha preached his messages in
Pali, the vernacular language spoken then in
north India.The language of the ancient Buddhist
scriptures was Pali Tripitaka is the collection of
the teachings of the Bud dha in the Pali
language. It consists of three sections of the
Buddha's Teachings: Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pita
ka and Abhidhamma Pitaka.