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Dacang Jing

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Also known as: “Daizō-kyō”, “Ta-ts′ang Ching”
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Chinese:
“Great Storehouse Scripture”
Wade-Giles romanization:
Ta-ts’ang Ching
Japanese:
Daizō-kyō
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Dacang Jing, the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical in China and Japan and comprising works of the most varied character numbering more than 2,000 in the standard Chinese edition and more than 3,000 in the latest Japanese edition. Unlike canons of the southern Buddhist schools, this vast “storehouse” continued to expand for many centuries. It began with translations of Sanskrit texts in the 1st century, and these translations, which make up the bulk of the collection, continued to be made until the 8th or 9th century. Many of the Sanskrit works have perished and are known only from ...(100 of 177 words)

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