四十二章經 sì shí èr zhāng jīng

DEFINITIONS

  1. The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 and Gobharana 竺法蘭 (Dharmaraksha)

CHARACTERS

四 sì four
十 shí ten, tenth; complete; perfect
二 èr two; twice
章 zhāng composition; chapter, section
經 jīng classic works; pass through