[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [貞元新定釋教目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157) › 20.15 # 貞元新定釋教目錄 20.15 貞元新定釋教目錄 20.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.20.15) （尋諸舊錄皆以單譯為先。今此錄中以重譯者居首。所以然者重譯諸經文義備足名相揩定。所以摽初也。又舊譯中直名重譯。今改名重單合譯者。以大般若經九會單本。七會重譯。大寶積經二十會單本。二十九會重譯。直云重譯攝義不周。餘經例然。故名重單合譯也。又古譯經首皆無譯人時代年月浸遠尋討莫知。失譯之言寔由於此。今尋諸舊錄。參定是非。時代譯人具摽經首。失譯之者載之於錄。釋尊遺教終六萬之修齡矣）。 > (Upon consulting the various older catalogues, all place single translations first. Now, in this catalogue, repeated translations are placed at the head. Why is this so? Because for the various sūtras with repeated translations, their text and meaning are fully complete and their terminology and doctrinal marks are precisely determined; hence they are placed at the beginning. Furthermore, in older catalogues they were simply called 'repeated translations'. The reason it has now been changed to 'combined repeated and single translations' is that nine assemblies of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra are single translations, while seven assemblies are repeated translations; twenty assemblies of the Mahāratnakūṭa-sūtra are single translations, while twenty-nine assemblies are repeated translations. Simply saying 'repeated translations' does not comprehensively encompass the meaning; the remaining sūtras are treated likewise. Therefore, they are called 'combined repeated and single translations'. Moreover, ancient translations lacked the translator's era, year, and month at the head of the sūtra; as time grew distant, investigation could not discover them. The phrase 'lost translator' truly originates from this. Now, having consulted the various older catalogues and examined and determined the true and false, the eras and translators are fully noted at the heads of the sūtras. Those whose translators are lost are recorded within the catalogue. The bequeathed teachings of the Śākya Sage will thus endure for sixty thousand long years). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.20.14) - [Next: 20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.20.16) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157~en-mt.20.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [開元釋教錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2154.11.11) — 智昇, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.20.15) · Pramāṇa