Daebuljeongyeoraemirinsujeungyouijebosalmanhaengsuneungeomgyeong(2009)

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1603

Category

Books & Records

Era

15세기 전반

Designated year

2009

Location

종로구, 서울특별시— 서울 종로구 새문안로 55, 서울역사박물관 (신문로2가,서울역사박물관)

Coordinates

37.570149, 126.970429

The Shurangama Sutra, also known as the Sutra of the Heroic One, was translated into Chinese by Sramana Paramiti, a monk from central India, in 705 during the Tang Dynasty and annotated by Jie Huan during the Song Dynasty. This 15th century woodblock print edition consists of 10 volumes bound in two books. It begins with two frontispieces drawn under the title and ends without a postscript or invocation. Neatly printed from beautiful blocks carved based on calligraphy by Seong Dal-saeng (1376-1444), the text contains Korean endings rendered in small simplified strokes of Chinese characters. At the center of each two-page spread, or of each printing block, are found an abbreviated title of this sutra and characters for book numbers and pagination. The sutra is highly evaluated as material for linguistic and bibliographic studies.

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