Prayer & recitation books · 2026
Mahā Karuṇā · Great Compassion Mantra · 大悲咒 · 千手千眼無礙大悲陀羅尼
Traditional text · CBETA J19nB044
Traditional Chinese service text from the cited historical edition. Mantra syllables are phonetic transcriptions; recitation forms vary. No unsupported semantic translation is supplied.
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Traditional text; CBETA electronic edition of 諸經日誦集要, J19 no. B044. Noncommercial reproduction with original source header retained. Main-text reading follows CBETA lemma; critical notes omitted from reading view, original XML retained. Sanskrit-form witness: Vietnamese Wikisource contributors, revision 55679; adapted transcription, alignment and original study glosses CC BY-SA 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- Source text and edition: Traditional text · CBETA J19nB044: Traditional text; CBETA electronic edition of 諸經日誦集要, J19 no. B044. Noncommercial reproduction with original source header retained. Main-text reading follows CBETA lemma; critical notes omitted from reading view, original XML retained.
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SHA-256: a0316239d43c7c2a7cae72755d190d5b6921e55f31a5775f618f10430cedea01
Current edition: 2026-10-12.2. Source revision: .
- Added reading layers and explicit language coverage. Original source preserved; new translations labelled as study drafts. Restored omitted TEI lists where present.
- Updated reader fonts, reviewed source-line mappings and exact language coverage. Added original English/Malay Medicine Buddha and Usnisa Vijaya study translations, with phonetic blocks identified. Repaired leaked CBETA glyph metadata from retained XML.
- Integrated phrase-by-phrase Sanskrit/Chinese correspondences and English, Malay and modern Chinese study meanings for the updated chants; retained source witnesses and marked uncertain readings. Added full English/Malay Great Compassion Sutra study translation where applicable.
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