범･장･돈황본 아미타경 대조 연구

Abstract

This study aimed to carry-out a period-by-period investigation of the different types of Tripitakas with respect to ideologies, forms and the teachings of wise men, based on 11 translated versions of the Kumārajīva and 2 translated versions of the Xuanzang contained in Dun-Huang-Bao-Zang from the Sukhāvatī-Vyūha. In order to do so, manuscripts of the Sukhāvatī-Vyūha's Dunhuang were compared to the original Sanskrit text, the Tibetan translation, the Fang-Shan Shi-Jing, the Tripitaka of Jisha, the Tripitaka Koreana and the Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo. Their comparisons according to language and Tripitaka showed the following errors, misprints and differences: ①Omission of words and sentences, ②Transcriptions of different words, ③Different meanings of sentences, ④Changed paragraph orders, ⑤Abbreviations and ⑥Phonetically translated notations. According to such comparisons and investigations, the manuscripts of the Sukhāvatī-Vyūha's Dunhuang were written for purposes of religion and origins, most of which were transcribed between the end of the Tang era before the reorganization of the Tripitaka of Jisha and the beginning of the Song era. Also, the phonetic values of the phonetically translated notations are mid to pitched tones, which demonstrates that they were transcribed before the Song era. As aforementioned, this study centers on the complete works of Sukhāvatī-Vyūha contained in the Dun-Huang-Bao-Zang - 11 translated versions of the Kumārajīva and 2 translated versions of the Xuanzang. Hundreds of other translated versions of Kumārajīva exist. Comparative studies of these existing manuscripts according to language and Tripitaka, with respect to ideologies, forms and the teachings of wise men, will help greatly towards determining the period-by-period changes in the Tripitakas.