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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 Missing fascicles: The book’s catalog contains 34 fascicles, of which 9 fascicles are currently unpublished due to missing source images: missing fascicle 003 (ID 2-3083, thousand-character fascicle number 摄03), fascicle 013 (ID 2-3093, thousand-character fascicle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).