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Zhi01 / Catalog number 2-3091

The Mahāsanghika Vinaya in Forty Volumes appears in the Yongle Beizang catalog and is currently classified under “Yongle Beizang/Minor Vehicle Vinaya”. It can first be placed within the Vinaya literature system for study; the focus usually involves precepts, monastic regulations, and practice norms.OpenSutra Readable fascicles have been organized according to the original catalog order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record. The book’s catalog contains 34 fascicles, of which 9 fascicles are currently unpublished due to missing images: fascicle 003 (ID 2-3083, thousand-character fascicle number 摄03), fascicle 013 (ID 2-3093, thousand-character fascicle number 职03), fascicle 014 (ID 2-3094, thousand-character fascicle number 职04), fascicle 028 (ID 2-3113, thousand-character fascicle number 政03), fascicle 029 (ID 2-3114, thousand-character fascicle number 政04), fascicle 032 (ID 2-3118, thousand-character fascicle number 政08), fascicle 033 (ID 2-3119, thousand-character fascicle number 政09), fascicle 034 (ID 2-3120, thousand-character fascicle number 政10), etc.

OpenSutra The fascicles of this work that have been released are currently organized under “Yongle Beizang/Minor Vehicle Vinaya”; image sources and catalog numbers are listed in each fascicle record. It can first be placed within the Vinaya literature system for study; the focus usually involves precepts, monastic regulations, and practice norms. Vinaya literature not only records precepts but also preserves materials on institutional rules, rituals, and the circumstances of vinaya formulation. Here the readable fascicles of the Mahāsanghika Vinaya in Forty Volumes are gathered in the original catalog order, suitable for consultation by fascicle number, catalog number, thousand-character fascicle number, or title. Missing fascicles: The book’s catalog contains 34 fascicles, of which 9 fascicles are currently unpublished due to missing source images: missing fascicle 003 (ID 2-3083, thousand-character fascicle number 摄03), fascicle 013 (ID 2-3093, thousand-character fascicle number 职03), fascicle 014 (ID 2-3094, thousand-character fascicle number 职04), fascicle 028 (ID 2-3113, thousand-character fascicle number 政03), fascicle 029 (ID 2-3114, thousand-character fascicle number 政04), fascicle 032 (ID 2-3118, thousand-character fascicle number 政08), fascicle 033 (ID 2-3119, thousand-character fascicle number 政09), fascicle 034 (ID 2-3120, thousand-character fascicle number 政10), fascicle 038 (ID 2-3124, thousand-character fascicle number 存04). Links to fascicle source records are saved with each fascicle record; current source links: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-3125/0508010506 Related author/translator information: Buddhabhadra (Eastern Jin), Faxian (translator).
Published: Jun 14, 2026
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Translated by Buddhabhadra and Faxian of the Eastern Jin; title, classification, and volume number are as recorded in the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon catalogue.

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This fascicle contains 33 pages. Thousand-character volume number: Zhi01. Yongle Northern Canon fascicle images.

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Title, classification, thousand-character volume number, and catalogue number are as recorded in the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon catalogue; internal colophons, dedicatory inscriptions, and end-of-scroll information await further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon Catalogue number: 2-3091 Thousand-character volume number: Zhi01 Catalogue classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Theravāda Vinaya Parent work: Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya (Forty Volumes) (10, upper) Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-3091/0508010506

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