四十二章经
Traditional form:
四十二章經
Pinyin (reading):
Sìshí'èr Zhāngjīng
Definitions:
- 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 ( Jiāyè Móténg) and Gobharana 竺法蘭／竺法兰 ( Zhúfǎlán) (Dharmaraksha)
Characters:
- 四 - four
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 二 - two; twice
- 章 - chapter, section, writing; seal
- 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
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