The Taishō Tripiṭaka is a definitive edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon

Chinese Buddhist canon

The Chinese Buddhist Canon refers to the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese Buddhism...

 and its Japanese commentaries used by scholars in the 20th century. It was edited by Takakusu Junjiro

Takakusu Junjiro

, who often published as J. Takakusu, was a Japanese academic, an advocate for expanding higher education opportunities, and an internationally known Buddhist scholar. He was an active Esperantist.-Early life:...

 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

Buddhahood

In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...

 and bodhisattva

Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is either an enlightened existence or an enlightenment-being or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic-minded one for enlightenment ." The Pali term has sometimes been translated as "wisdom-being," although in modern publications, and...

s. 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 Jataka The Jātakas refer to a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of the Buddha....	Birth Stories
T05–08	220–261	般若部	Bōrě bù	Hannya-bu	Prajñapāramitā Prajnaparamita Prajñāpāramitā in Buddhism, means "the Perfection of Wisdom." The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā with pāramitā . Prajñāpāramitā is a central concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism and its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva Path...	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 Kegon Kegon is the name of the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism.Huayan studies were founded in Japan when, in 736, the scholar-priest Rōben originally a monk of the Hossō tradition invited Shinshō to give lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra at... -bu	Avataṃsaka Avatamsaka Sutra The is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras of East Asian Buddhism. The title is rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture....	Flower Garland
T11–12a	310–373	寶積部	Bǎojī bù	Hōshaku-bu	Ratnakūṭa Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra The Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra is an ancient collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtras.-Overview:The Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra contains 49 texts of varying length, which are termed "assemblies" by tradition. This text was translated into Chinese by Bodhiruci in the 8th century, between 707 and 713 CE...	Jewel Peak
T12b	374–396	涅槃部	Nièpán bù	Nehan-bu	Nirvāṇa	The Parinirvāṇa Parinirvana In Buddhism, parinirvana is the final nirvana, which occurs upon the death of the body of someone who has attained complete awakening...
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 Mikkyo Mikkyō is a Japanese term that refers to the esoteric Vajrayāna practices of the Shingon Buddhist school and the related practices that make up part of the Tendai school. There are also various Shingon- and Tendai-influenced practices of Shugendō... -bu	Tantra Tantra Tantra , anglicised tantricism or tantrism or tantram, is the name scholars give to an inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India, expressed in scriptures ....	Esoteric Teachings
T22–24	1421–1504	律部	Lǜ bù	Ritsu Ritsu The Ritsu school of Buddhism is one of the six schools of Nara Buddhism in Japan, noted for its use of the Vinaya textual framework of the Dharmaguptaka, one of the early schools of Buddhism... -bu	Vinaya Vinaya The Vinaya is the regulatory framework for the Buddhist monastic community, or sangha, based in the canonical texts called Vinaya Pitaka. The teachings of the Buddha, or Buddhadharma can be divided into two broad categories: 'Dharma' or doctrine, and 'Vinaya', or discipline...	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 Abhidharma Abhidharma or Abhidhamma are ancient Buddhist texts which contain detailed scholastic and scientific reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist Sutras, according to schematic classifications...	Systematic Analyses
T30a	1564–1578	中觀部類	Zhōngguān bùlèi	Chūgan-burui	Mādhyamaka Madhyamaka Madhyamaka refers primarily to a Mahāyāna Buddhist school of Buddhist philosophy systematized by Nāgārjuna. Nāgārjuna may have arrived at his positions from a desire to achieve a consistent exegesis of the Buddha's doctrine as recorded in the āgamas...	Mādhyamaka Texts
T30b–32	1579–1627	瑜伽部類	Yújiā bùlèi	Yuga-burui	Yogācāra Yogacara Yogācāra is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices. It developed within Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism in about the 4th century CE...	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
T44b–48	1851–2025	諸宗部	Zhūzōng bù	Shoshū-bu	Sarvasamaya	Sectarian Teachings
T49–52	2026–2120	史傳部	Shǐchuán bù	Shiden-bu		Histories
T53–54a	2121–2136	事彙部	Shìhuì bù	Jii-bu		Collected Matters
T54b	2137–2144	外教部	Wàijiào bù	Gekyō-bu		Non-Buddhist Teachings
T55	2145–2184	目錄部	Mùlù bù	Mokuroku Mokuroku Mokuroku is a term in Japanese martial arts, used by koryu, for a "catalog", referring to a catalog of the level of ability of the instructor of the martial arts that has received a catalog as a sign of level or initiation.... -bu		Catalogues
T56–83	2185–2700	續經疏部	Xùjīngshū bù	Zokukyōsho-bu		Japanese Commentaries
T84	2701–2731	悉曇部	Xītán bù	Sittan-bu	Siddhaṃ	Siddhaṃ Script
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
98–100		昭和法寶總 目錄	Zhāohé fǎbǎozǒng mùlù	Shōwa Showa Shōwa is the name of several places, times, people and things in Japan.* Hirohito , the 124th Emperor of Japan, known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa...  Hōhō-sō Mokuryo		Japanese Literature 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

Nichiren Buddhism

Nichiren Buddhism is a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese monk Nichiren...

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External links

• The SAT Daizōkyō Text Database at the University of Tokyo
  University of Tokyo
  , abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
  
  
• Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA)