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The No.8 sutra storage cave at Shijing Mountain (石經山) Baycroft, Anne

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There are all together 9 caves in the Sutra Storage Cave area of Shinjing Mountain. They were officially numbered when they were unearth in 1965, as numbering of the caves was needed to arrange rubbings of the stones. Sutra Cave No. 8 was chiselled in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Inside are stored 69 sutras with a total of more than 300 scrolls and 772 slabs. Some of these include the Mahaprajnaparamita sutra (摩訶般若波羅蜜多經). Exterior of the cave is shown in photo 2265.

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Title
The No.8 sutra storage cave at Shijing Mountain (石經山)
Creator
Baycroft, Anne
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-07-05
Description
There are all together 9 caves in the Sutra Storage Cave area of Shinjing Mountain. They were officially numbered when they were unearth in 1965, as numbering of the caves was needed to arrange rubbings of the stones. Sutra Cave No. 8 was chiselled in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Inside are stored 69 sutras with a total of more than 300 scrolls and 772 slabs. Some of these include the Mahaprajnaparamita sutra (摩訶般若波羅蜜多經). Exterior of the cave is shown in photo 2265.
Subject
Buddhism; Sutra; Stone cave; Tang dynasty; Mahapranjnaparamita Sutra
Geographic Location
Shijing Mountain (China); Fangshan Qu (Beijing, China); 39.379; 115.4540
Type
Still Image
Language
eng; chi
Series
Cluster 2.2: “Secondary” Producers, “Primary” Roles
Date Available
2020-08-13
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0392779
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75509
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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