四十二章經

简 四十二章经 · 繁 四十二章經
Mandarin · pinyin Sì shí èr Zhāng jīng

Meanings

  1. The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 Jiā yè Mó téng and Gobharana 竺法蘭 Zhú fǎ lán (Dharmaraksha)
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四
sì · four
十
shí · ten, tenth; complete; perfect
二
èr · two; twice
章
zhāng · composition; chapter, section
經
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经
jīng · classic works; pass through
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4–2–4–1–1 · Si4 shi2 er4 Zhang1 jing1

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sei3 sap6 ji6 zoeng1 ging1

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四十二章經 · Si4 shi2 er4 Zhang1 jing1
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Exact source record四十二章經 四十二章经 [Si4 shi2 er4 Zhang1 jing1] /The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)/