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The Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (新訳華厳経音義私記) is a Japanese annotation of the Avatamsaka Sūtra. Dated to 794[1], it is the oldest Japanese ongi, or collection of difficult to interpret words showing their pronunciation and meaning[2], and is a National Treasure of Japan[3].

Background

The text is two fascicles in length[4][5]. The compiler is unknown but is presumed to have related to Tōdai-ji[3]. It is an annotation of the 80-volume Avatamsaka Sūtra. As the original was written in Chinese, the annotation contains a list of words and expressions from the original and glosses them with Japanese readings and meanings. The orthography of the Japanese suggests that it is a late Nara period text[4][5]. However, the manuscript contains a number of errors and is judged to be a copy of an earlier original[4][5]. There is only one known existing manuscript.

Linguistics

The text is viewed as a valuable reference for Old Japanese linguistics[4][1][5]. The Japanese annotations are written in Man'yōgana and, with the exception of /to1, to2/[4], distinguishes between Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai. It contains a total of 162 Japanese words, many of which are the oldest extant citations[4][1][5]. In addition, it also contains the oldest example of a long vowel[4] as well as a number of Japanese-specific readings (慣用音) to kanji[5].

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Takeuchi (1962:133-134)
  2. ^ Kindaichi (1988:74)
  3. ^ a b Yoshida (2001: 128)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Omodaka (1967: 880-881)
  5. ^ a b c d e f Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten (1985: 512-513)

References

  • Kindaichi, Haruhiko (1988). Nihongo Hyakka Daijiten (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Taishūkan Shoten. ISBN 4-469-01218-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten Henshū Iinkai (1986). Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten (in Japanese). Vol. 3. Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-000-80063-9.
  • Omodaka, Hisataka (1967). Jidaibetsu Kokugo Daijiten: Jōdaihen (in Japanese). Sanseidō. ISBN 4-385-13237-2.
  • Takeuchi, Rizō (1962). Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan. ISBN 4-4903-0010-7.
  • Yoshida, Kanehiko (2001). Kuntengo Jiten (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan. ISBN 4-490-10570-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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