Shaoxing Re-engraved Tripitaka Pronunciation (紹興重雕大藏音)

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Song · by 處觀著

33,767 · about 113 min

The Shaoxing Revised Tripitaka Phonology, compiled by the monk Chuguan during the Song Dynasty and completed in the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song, stands as a significant phonological and exegetical text in the history of Chinese Buddhism. Emerging against the backdrop of flourishing Tripitaka engraving and publication, its purpose was to provide phonetic notations and definitions for obscure characters and terms in Buddhist scriptures, aiding monastics in their correct recitation and comprehension of the sutras. The work systematically organizes difficult characters, variant readings, and Sanskrit transliterations found within the Buddhist canon, holding value in both philology and phonology. As one of the earliest extant specialized treatises on Buddhist scripture phonology and meaning, it provided crucial reference for later compilations of the Tripitaka and for research into Buddhist language, occupying a unique position within Buddhist textual studies and transmission.