Taishō Tripiṭaka

The Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese: 大正新脩大藏經; pinyin: Dàzhèng Xīnyxīu Dàzàngjīng; Japanese: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō; English: Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka) is a definitive edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon and its Japanese commentaries used by scholars in the 20th century. It was edited by Takakusu Junjiro and others.

Volumes 1–85 are the literature, in which volumes 56–84 are Japanese Buddhist literature, written in traditional Chinese. Volumes 86–97 are Buddhism related drawings, includes drawings of many Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Volumes 98–100 are texts of different indexes of Buddhist texts in Japan. The 85 volumes of literature contains 5,320 individual texts, classified as follows.

Volume	Order	Name	Chinese	Japanese	Sanskrit	Description
T01–02	1–151	阿含部	Āhán bù	Agon-bu	Āgama	Āgamas
T03–04	152–219	本緣部	Běnyuán bù	Hon'en-bu	Jātaka	Birth Stories
T05–08	220–261	般若部	Bōrě bù	Hannya-bu	Prajñapāramitā	Perfection of Wisdom
T09a	262–277	法華部	Fǎhuá bù	Hokke-bu	Saddharma Puṇḍarīka	The Lotus Sūtra
T09b–10	278–309	華嚴部	Huáyán bù	Kegon-bu	Avataṃsaka	Flower Garland
T11–12a	310–373	寶積部	Bǎojī bù	Hōshaku-bu	Ratnakūṭa	Jewel Peak
T12b	374–396	涅槃部	Nièpán bù	Nehan-bu	Nirvāṇa	The Parinirvāṇa
T13	397–424	大集部	Dàjí bù	Daishū-bu	Mahāsannipāta	The Great Collection
T14–17	425–847	經集部	Jīngjí bù	Kyōshū-bu	Sūtrasannipāta	Collected Sūtras
T18–21	848–1420	密教部	Mìjiào bù	Mikkyō-bu	Tantra	Esoteric Teachings
T22–24	1421–1504	律部	Lǜ bù	Ritsu-bu	Vinaya	Monastic Discipline
T25–26a	1505–1535	釋經論部	Shìjīnglùn bù	Shakukyōron-bu	Sūtravyākaraṇa	Sūtra Explanations
T26b–29	1536–1563	毗曇部	Pítán bù	Bidon-bu	Abhidharma	Systematic Analyses
T30a	1564–1578	中觀部類	Zhōngguān bùlèi	Chūgan-burui	Mādhyamaka	Mādhyamaka Texts
T30b–31	1579–1627	瑜伽部類	Yújiā bùlèi	Yuga-burui	Yogācāra	Yogācāra Texts
T32	1628–1692	論集部	Lùnjí bù	Ronshū-bu	Śāstra	Treatises
T33–39	1693–1803	經疏部	Jīngshū bù	Kyōsho-bu	Sūtravibhāṣa	Sūtra Clarifications
T40a	1804–1815	律疏部	Lǜshū bù	Rissho-bu	Vinayavibhāṣa	Vinaya Clarifications
T40b–44a	1816–1850	論疏部	Lùnshū bù	Ronsho-bu	Śāstravibhāṣa	Śāstra Clarifications (sub-commentaries)
T44b–48	1851–2025	諸宗部	Zhūzōng bù	Shoshū-bu	Sarvasamaya	Sectarian Teachings (Nichiren etc.)
T49–52	2026–2120	史傳部	Shǐchuán bù	Shiden-bu		Histories
T53–54a	2121–2136	事彙部	Shìhuì bù	Jii-bu		Cyclopedia
T54b	2137–2144	外教部	Wàijiào bù	Gekyō-bu		Non-Buddhist Texts (Hinduism, Manichaeism, Nestorianism, etc.)
T55	2145–2184	目錄部	Mùlù bù	Mokuroku-bu		Catalogues
T56–83	2185–2700	續經疏部	Xùjīngshū bù	Zokukyōsho-bu		Additional Sūtra Clarifications (influential Japanese sub-commentaries)
T84	2701–2731	悉曇部	Xītán bù	Sittan-bu	Siddhaṃ	Siddhaṃ Script (esoteric script imported to Japan by Kukai)
T85a	2732–2864	古逸部	Gǔyì bù	Koitsu-bu		Ancient
T85b	2865–2920	疑似部	Yísì bù	Giji-bu		Doubtful
T86–97		圖像部	Túxiàng bù	Zuzō-bu		Illustrations (exegesis of standard Buddhist imagery, with inserts)
98–100		昭和法寶總目錄	Zhāohé fǎbǎozǒng mùlù	Shōwa Hōhō-sō Mokuryo		Shōwa Shields of the Faith (modern Japanese sub-commentaries) Index

Digitalization

The SAT Daizōkyō Text Database edition contains volumes 1–85. The Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA) edition contains volumes 1–55 and 85. The Fomei edition (佛梅電子大藏經) contains texts in Classical Chinese other than Nichiren Buddhism.^[1]

Volumes 86-100, although they were written in Classical Chinese, are actually by Japanese Buddhist scholars of the modern period.

Notes

↑ 世界第一部漢文電子大藏經《佛梅電子大藏經》珍藏版

External links

The SAT Daizōkyō Text Database at the University of Tokyo
Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA)
中國傳統佛教資料下載
佛教電子書
大正大藏經　【大正藏網頁版】
Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley provides some English translations (pdf)
Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages

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