The Buddhist Tripitaka as It Is Known in China and Japan; A Catalogue and Compendious Report (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 2nd. Books included under the letters of the Thousand-letter Classic, from lien lo Nicn; these arc ? 1. SiYinAS (a) of the Great Vehicle, classed as follows: ? CHAPTER I. (1) Prajna Pa Ram It A collection; 72 han or envelopes. The symbol han does not necessarily correspond to ch'hih, although having a similar meaning.] (2) Ratnakuta collection; 1 7 han. (3) Ta-tsa collection (i.e., Great miscellaneous collection, translated by Stas. Julien, Vaipulyasutra, ou, sutras devellopts Concordance Sinico-samskrite, p. 377; but tho collection probably corresponds with that known in the South as Nipata or Sannipata Siitras); 14 han. (4) Avatamsaka collection; 22 han. (5) Nirvana collection; 10 han. (6) Other duplicate translations of various works contained in the preceding five collections; 42 han. (7) Single translations; 79 han. c; . Total in the first Volume of the Index. 206 han, comprising 2061 chapters or kiouen. CHAPTER II. Books denoted with the thousand-classic letters from t'so to chhuen: ? I. Sutras (a) of the Little Vehicle (Hinayana). (1 The Agama collection; 28 han. (2) Single translations; 17 han. (')) Other Sutras, both of the Great and Little Vehicle, first admitted into the Canon during the Sung and Yuen dynasties; 22 han. Total in tin; 2nd chapter of the Index, 67 han, comprising 670 chapters or kiouen. CHAPTER III. VOLUME II. Books denoted by characters from lau to pw'an: ? I. Sutras admitted into the Canon during the Sung and Yuen dynasties beyond those already alluded to; 12 han. II. Vinaya (a) of the Great Vehicle; 5 han: (b) of the Little Vehicle; 48 han. III. Abhtdharma (a) of the Great Vehicle; 50 han: (b) of the Little Vehicle; 73 han. Total number of works named in the Volume ...