Taishō Tripiṭaka
Introduction The '''''Taishō Tripiṭaka''''' (; Japanese: ''Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō'';  "Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka") is a definitive edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon and its Japanese commentaries used by scholars in the 20th century. It was edited by Takakusu Junjiro and others.The name is abbreviated as “” in Chinese () and Japanese ().
Contents Volumes 1–85 are the literature, in which volumes 56–84 are Japanese Buddhist literature, written in Classical Chinese. Volumes 86–97 are Buddhism related drawings, includes drawings of many Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Volumes 98–100 are texts of different indexes of Buddhist texts known in Japan ca. 1930.The 100 volumes of literature contains 5,320 individual texts, classified as follows. '''Volume''''''Order''''''Name''''''Chinese''''''Japanese''''''Sanskrit''''''Description''' T01–021–151阿含部Āhán bùAgon-buĀgamaĀgama Section T03–04152–219本緣部Běnyuán bùHon'en-buJātakaBirth Stories T05–08220–261般若部Bōrě bùHannya-buPrajñapāramitāPerfection of Wisdom T09a262–277法華部Fǎhuá bùHokke-buSaddharma PuṇḍarīkaThe Lotus Sūtra T09b–10278–309華嚴部Huáyán bùKegon-buAvataṃsakaFlower Garland T11–12a310–373寶積部Bǎojī bùHōshaku-buRatnakūṭaJewel Peak T12b374–396涅槃部Nièpán bùNehan-buNirvāṇaThe Parinirvāṇa T13397–424大集部Dàjí bùDaishū-buMahāsannipātaThe Great Collection T14–17425–847經集部Jīngjí bùKyōshū-buSūtrasannipātaCollected Sūtras T18–21848–1420密教部Mìjiào bùMikkyō-buTantraEsoteric Teachings T22–241421–1504律部Lǜ bùRitsu-buVinayaMonastic Discipline T25–26a1505–1535釋經論部Shìjīnglùn bùShakukyōron-buSūtravyākaraṇaSūtra Explanations T26b–291536–1563毗曇部Pítán bùBidon-buAbhidharmaSystematic Analyses  T30a1564–1578中觀部類Zhōngguān bùlèiChūgan-buruiMādhyamakaMādhyamaka Texts T30b–311579–1627瑜伽部類Yújiā bùlèiYuga-buruiYogācāraYogācāra TextsT321628–1692論集部Lùnjí bùRonshū-buŚāstraTreatises T33–391693–1803經疏部Jīngshū bùKyōsho-buSūtravibhāṣaSūtra Clarifications T40a1804–1815律疏部Lǜshū bùRissho-buVinayavibhāṣaVinaya Clarifications T40b–44a1816–1850論疏部Lùnshū bùRonsho-buŚāstravibhāṣaŚāstra Clarifications (sub-commentaries) T44b–481851–2025諸宗部Zhūzōng bùShoshū-buSarvasamayaSectarian Teachings (Nichiren etc.) T49–522026–2120史傳部Shǐchuán bùHistories  T53–54a2121–2136事彙部Shìhuì bù Cyclopedia T54b2137–2144外教部Wàijiào bùNon-Buddhist Texts (Hinduism, Manichaeism, Nestorianism, etc.) T552145–2184目錄部Mùlù bùMokuroku-bu|Catalogues T56–832185–2700續經疏部Xùjīngshū bùAdditional Sūtra Clarifications (influential Japanese sub-commentaries) T84 2701–2731悉曇部Xītán bùShittan-buSiddhaṃSiddhaṃ Script (esoteric script imported to Japan by Kūkai) T85a2732–2864古逸部Gǔyì bùAncient T85b2865–2920疑似部Yísì bùDoubtful圖像部Túxiàng bùIllustrations (exegesis of standard Buddhist imagery, with inserts)昭和法寶總目錄Zhāohé fǎbǎozǒngmùlùShōwa Treasures of the Faith (catalogs of scripture collections and canon editions)
{{anchor|Digitalization}}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.Volumes 56–84, although they were written in Classical Chinese, are actually written by Japanese Buddhist scholars.
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Bibliography * Matsumoto, T. (1934),  Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō oder kurz „Taishō Issaikyō“, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 88 (n.F. 13), No. 2, 194-199
External links *  The SAT Daizōkyō Text Database at the University of Tokyo*  Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA)* NTI Buddhist Text Reader* 中國傳統佛教資料下載* 佛教電子書* 大正大藏經　【大正藏網頁版】* Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai Japan provides some English translations (pdf) from the BDK English Tripitaka series. * Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages * Chinese-English Tripitaka with All Titles and Known Translations in English