Engraving of Avataṃsaka Sutra Woodblock Translated by Buddhabhadra and It’s Succession in Haeinsa(海印寺)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the characteristics of the so-called "Suchangpan" and it’s succession. In Haeinsa, there remains the wood block, “Suchangpan” made in 1098. The hinge wasn’t used in “Suchangpan”, there was a pronunciation at the end of the volume, the bottom had a rough engraving, and the index was described in the first of the volume. Based on these characteristics, as a result of analyzing the 35th edition of Avatamsaka Sutra Woodblock Translated by Buddhabhadra in Haeinsa, it was confirmed that two of the 35th edition were “Suchangpan”, and the 26th edition was likely to be ones.</br>Meanwhile, through the analysis of engraver, the shape of the wood block, and the presence of some letters of Tripitaka Koreana in back side of Avatamsaka Sutra Woodblock translated by Buddhabhadra, it was confirmed that the three edition of Avatamsaka Sutra Woodblock(Saganpan) was engraved at least 5 years earlier than the year, 1237 when the Tripitaka Koreana began to engrave</br>The Avatamsaka Sutra Woodblock(Saganpan) translated by Buddhabhadra in Haeinsa, was a reprint of the Suchangpan, and Tripitaka Koreana was a reprint of Avatamsaka Sutra Woodblock in Haeinsa. Haeinsae, a Huayan temple, has been a major engraving site of Avatamsaka Sutra Woodblock since the end of the 11th century, which lasted until the 13th century when Tripitaka Koreana was produced.