Ardhasatika prajnaparamita Sutra, the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, Volume 6

This is volume 6 of the seven translated by Faxian of Song, from the first Tripitaka Koreana, carved under King Hyeonjong of Goryeo (r. 1011–1031) in the hope that the power of the Buddha would repel the Khitan invasions. It is a woodblock print on mulberry paper, kept rolled as a scroll: 24 sheets 29.8 cm high and 47.1 cm wide joined together. The first Tripitaka differs in several ways from the later Haeinsa Tripitaka (the second carving, or Tripitaka Koreana). Its cutting is precise, but its characters per line differ from Haeinsa's, it has no printing records, and taboo avoidances (omitting a stroke of, or replacing, characters in the names of past kings, out of reverence) and abbreviated characters appear here and there. It usually numbers its sheets with the character jang (丈) or pok (幅), where the Haeinsa edition uses jang (張) throughout. This volume too numbers its sheets with 丈, has no printing record and runs 23 lines of 14 characters, showing that it is a first-edition print of the twelfth century.

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Where it is

Region

Gwanak-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보