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Readings

Pinyin: xiějīng

Wade-Giles: hsieh-ching

Hangul: 사경

Korean MC: sagyeong

Korean MR: sagyŏng

Katakana: シャキョウ

Hepburn: shakyō

tả kinh

sūtra copying

• To copy the scriptures. Considered, especially in East Asian Mahāyāna Buddhism, to be a meritorious act to be engaged in by monks and nuns. Texts such as the Lotus Sutra extolled the virtues of scripture copying. See entry in Iwanami or Nakamura dictionaries for more detailed discussions of the history of this practice. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 472

Bulgyo sajeon, 353a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 380

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 607d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 5979

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2135b, (v.9-10)449c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 799-3

Soothill, 431

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