Highlights
Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Garland Sutra), the First Tripitaka Koreana Edition
- Nationality/Period
Goryeo Dynasty
- Materials
Paper
- Category
religion - Buddhism - enlightenment - Scripture
- Dimensions
28.0x150.0cm
- Accession Number
Sinsu 12402
This is Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Garland Sutra), a wooden block printed scroll, one of the first Tripitaka Koreana made during the reigns of King Hyeonjong and King Seonjong of the Goryeo Dynasty. Avatamska Sutra refers to a Mahayana Sutra that contains wide and far-reaching enlightenment and grand and upright reasons of Sakyamuni.