The Therigatha, a unique Buddhist text, was part of ______________.

The correct answer is Option (2) → Sutta Pitaka

The Therigatha is a unique Buddhist text, a collection of verses composed by bhikkhunis, the Buddhist nuns. It gives an insight into women’s social and spiritual experiences, as in the verses of Punna, a slave woman. It forms part of the Sutta Pitaka, the basket that holds the Buddha’s teachings.

The Buddhist canon, the Tipitaka or ‘three baskets’, has three parts: the Vinaya Pitaka holds the rules for those who joined the sangha, the Sutta Pitaka the Buddha’s teachings, and the Abhidhamma Pitaka philosophical matters.