Index of Tripitaka, the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition, Volume 20

Basic information

Designation

National Treasure No.245

Category

Books & Records

Era

고려시대(11세기)

Designated year

1988

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

Coordinates

37.524041, 126.980350

This is the 20th volume out of a set of 30 volumes, written by Congfan in Tang Dynasty, China. He wrote the book based on Jeongwon seokgyo daejangnok, after a much thorough study of the Buddhist scriptures, which he compared and edited. In this book, a detailed information of the scriptures, such as titles, names of translators, total pages, number of volumes and all the tables of contents, along with sheets of paper used, and even the number of lines in each and every scriptures are listed. This is a priceless first edition of the book.

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