Image: Tripitaka Koreana
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Description: The Tripitaka Koreana (lit. Goryeo Tripitaka) or Palman Daejanggyeong ("Eighty-Thousand Tripitaka") is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka (Buddhist scriptures, and the Sanskrit word for "three baskets"), carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century. The work is stored in Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple in South Gyeongsang province, in South Korea.
Title: Tripitaka Koreana
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