Jungganjineonjip

The original Jineonjip (Collection of Dharani) was published in the late Joseon period by the monk Yongam Chejo (1714–1779) and his disciple Baegam, but the woodblocks, kept at Manyeonsa Temple in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, were lost to fire. The monk Yeongwol Nanggyu then revised the text, and it was reprinted (jungan, meaning to republish a previously issued book) in 1800 at Mangwolsa Temple in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do. This copy, the Jungganjineonjip, appears to have been printed from the Mangwolsa woodblocks in the late 19th century by the monk Yeongju Yeonpa and others, who were active in the Gangwon-do region at the time. The book opens with a preface explaining the reasons for its publication, followed by an introductory section comprising a general discussion, an account of the phonology of Siddham (the ancient script used to write Sanskrit), explanatory notes, and the "Chart of the Initial Consonants of the Hongwu Era". The main text, in an upper and a lower volume, is bound together as a single book. At the end come a colophon and a list of donors; the fact that the names of court ladies (sanggung) appear prominently at the head of the donor list suggests that the book's publication received active patronage from the royal court. The book's border follows the sajusangbyeon format, in which each page is framed on all four sides by a double line, and each half-leaf carries ten lines of twenty characters. The book is an important source for studying the influence of Esoteric Buddhism on Korean Buddhism, and its eonbon section, which explains the use of the Hangul alphabet, together with its Siddham chapter, which explains Sanskrit letters using Hangul, make it valuable material for the study of the Korean language.

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Where it is

Region

Danyang, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산