三藏

Sān zàng

Dictionary entry

Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

What does 三藏 mean?

三藏 (Sān zàng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

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三Sānsurname San 藏ZàngTibetan ethnic group · Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])

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三藏

Sān zàng

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