Taishō Tripiṭaka
A Japanese edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese: 大正新脩大藏經; pinyin: Dàzhèng Xīnxīu Dàzàngjīng; Japanese: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō; lit. "Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka")[1] is a definitive edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon and its Japanese commentaries used by scholars in the 20th century. The Taishō Tripiṭaka project was initiated by the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at Tokyo Imperial University.[2] It was edited by Takakusu Junjiro and others.
The name is abbreviated as "大正藏" in Chinese (Dàzhèngzàng) and Japanese (Taishōzō).