Daichidoron - Daichidoron

A Buddhist book consisting of 100 volumes. It is also abbreviated as "Zhedodo-ron" or "Dairon". It is said to have been written by Nagarjuna and translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva. There are different opinions about the author, but it is believed to have been significantly revised when translated into Chinese. Detailed annotations are added to every word of the "Large Chapter of the Prajnaparamita Sutra", and the author's thoughts are woven throughout. Thirty-four volumes were spent on annotations for the "Johon" alone, and the rest are abridged translations by the translator, with the addition that if the original had been translated exactly, it would have been ten times longer. It has only been translated into Chinese and has not been passed down anywhere else, and there are no texts in India or Tibet that touch on it. The references cited total over one hundred, ranging from primitive Buddhism to Mahayana Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist literature of the time, and even Indian thought. It covers a wide range of Buddhist issues, but is particularly detailed on the idea of ​​emptiness, the practice of the bodhisattva, and the six paramitas. It has been widely read in China and Japan, and has had a great influence.

[Mitsunori Saegusa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

仏教書。100巻。略して『智度論』『大論(だいろん)』などともいう。龍樹(りゅうじゅ)（ナーガールジュナ）の著書と伝えられ、鳩摩羅什(くまらじゅう)が漢訳した。著者については異論もあるが、漢訳の際かなり加筆改変されたと考えられる。『大品般若経(だいほんはんにゃきょう)』の一語一句に詳しい注釈を加え、そのなかに著者の思想を縦横に織り込んでいる。「序品(じょほん)」だけの注釈に34巻を費やし、以後は訳者の抄訳で、原本どおりに訳せば10倍余に達したであろうとの付記がある。漢訳のみで他に伝わらず、これに触れるテキストもインド、チベットにはない。引用文献は、原始仏教から当時の大乗仏教経典や仏教文学の全般にわたり、インドの諸思想にも達して、計百数十種に及ぶ。広く仏教の諸問題を述べるが、とくに空(くう)の思想、菩薩(ぼさつ)の実践、六波羅蜜(ろくはらみつ)などが詳しい。中国、日本で広く読まれ、その影響も大きい。

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