Odae jineon Jip

The Odae jineon jip is a book that sets out five dharani in Sanskrit script alongside their Chinese-character transcriptions, with a Hangeul phonetic transliteration added. The "Five Great Dharani" (Odae jineon) refers to the Sasibisu jineon (Forty-two Hand Mudra Dharani), the Sinmyo janggu dae darani, the Sugu jeukdeuk darani, the Daebuljeong darani, and the Buljeong jonseung darani. The Odae jineon jip was published for two reasons: first, at the command of Queen Dowager Insu, to enable ordinary people to learn and recite the dharani with ease; and second, so that Queen Dowager Insu and Queen Dowager Inhye could commemorate the wishes of former kings such as King Sejo. The book was published in 1485, the sixteenth year of King Seongjong, by the monk Hakjo at Ssanggyesa Temple in Eunjin. Later, the dharani of the Odae jineon were reprinted several times using only the Hangeul transliteration. The edition from King Seongjong's reign has the Yeongheom yakcho appended to it, while the reprint of 1558, the fifth year of King Myeongjong, has an eonhae, a vernacular Korean translation, of the Yeongheom yak appended. These books are valuable sources for the study of the history of the Korean language and of Buddhism, and the illustrations of hand gestures used when reciting the dharani are important material for the study of illustration. The border of the book is a single line enclosing all four sides, the text has no vertical rule lines separating the columns, and each page is laid out flat with nine lines of sixteen characters.

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Region

Danyang, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산