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けいとくでんとうろく 景徳傳燈録
Noun
1. Transmission of the Lamp (collection of biographies of famous Zen masters); Record of the Transmission of the LampWork of art, literature, music, etc. name
Wikipedia definition
2. Transmission of the LampThe Transmission of the Lamp is a compilation of biographies of prominent Buddhist monks produced in the Song dynasty by Shi Daoyuan . The first two characters of the title are the Song dynasty reign name (景德), which dates the work to between 1004 and 1007 CE. The work was published in 30 volumes and is the primary source of information for the history of Chan buddhism in China.
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