The first column, “Taishō Notation,” consolidates the notation lists appended to the back matter of Taishō Tripiṭaka Volumes 1–55 and Volume 85. Any edition cited in the collation notes but omitted from the Taishō’s original lists is designated as “Omitted” (闕略).

The second column, “CBETA Notation,” incorporates all entries from the Taishō lists as well as supplemental editions cited across individual volumes. Representative examples appear under “Edition Note / Example,” while the “Description” column notes the specific volumes in which each occurs.

Taishō Notation	CBETA Notation	Edition	Description/Example
	【三】	Three Editions	The three editions of the Sung, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.
	【宋】	Sung Edition	Southern Sung dynasty Sixi edition (南宋思溪藏), A. D. 1239.	These dates are subject to re-examination.
	【元】	Yuan Edition	Yuan dynasty Puning monastry edition (元大普寧寺藏), A. D. 1290.
	【明】	Ming Edition	Ming dynasty Jiaxing edition (明嘉興藏), A. D. 1601 – date subject to re-examination.
	【麗】	Goryeo Edition	The Goryeo Haein-sa Edition (高麗海印寺本, the “Kao-Li” Edition), A. D. 1151.
	【麗乙】	Alternate Print of Goryeo Edition
	【聖】	Shōgo-zō Collection of the Shōsō-in (Tempyō Manuscripts)	The Tempyō Mss. (天平寫經 A. D. 729–), the Chinese mss. of the Sui (A. D. 581–617) and Tang (A. D. 618–822) belonging to the Imperial Treasure House Shōsō-in (正倉院) at Nara, specially called the Shōgo-zō (聖語藏).
	【聖乙】	Another copy of the same
	【宮】	Imperial Household Agency Library Collection (The Old Sung Edition)	The Old Sung Edition (舊宋本 A. D. 1104-1148) belonging to the Library of the Imperial Household (宮內省圖書寮).
	【德】	Daitoku-ji Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Daitoku-ji”(大德寺).
	【万】	Mantoku-ji Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Mantoku-ji”(萬德寺).
	【石】	Ishiyama-dera Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Ishiyama-dera”(石山寺).
	【知】	Chion-in Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Chion-in”(知恩院).
	【醍】	Daigo-ji Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Daigo-ji”(醍醐寺).
	【和】	Ninna-ji Collection	Ninna-ji (仁和寺) Mss. by Kōūkai [Kūkai] and others, c. 800. A. D.
	【東】	Tōdai-ji Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Tōdai-ji”(東大寺).
	【中】	Nakamura Fusetsu’s Collection	Collection of Tun-huang Mss. owned by Mr. Nakamura Fusetsu (中村不折).
	【久】	Kuhara Library Collection	The Tempyō Mss. belonging to the Kuhara Library (久原文庫).
	【森】	Seitaro Morita Collection	The Tempyō Mss. owned by Mr. Seitaro Morita (森田清太郎).
	【敦】	Tun-huang Manuscripts	Stein Mss. from Tun-huang (敦煌).
	【敦乙】
	【敦丙】
	【福】	Saifuku-ji Edition	The Tempyō Mss. of the monastery “Saifuku-ji”(西福寺).
	【福乙】
	【博】	Tokyo Imperial Household Museum Collection	The Chinese mss. of the Tang dynasty belonging to the Imperial Museum of Tokyo (東京帝室博物館).
	【縮】	Reduced-Print Edition	Tokyo edition (small typed) (縮刷大藏經)
	【金】	Kongō-zō Collection	The mss. preserved in the Kongō-zō Library (金剛藏), Tōji, Kyoto.
	【高】	Kōya Edition	The Edition of Kōya-san (高野山), c. 1250 A. D.
Omitted	【南藏】	Southern Canon	Example: T03p0110 [9] 明註曰夫南藏作王 T03p0110 [9] Ming note: Southern Canon reads 王 for 夫 Occurrences: T03, T09, T11, T12, T15, T16, T17, T25, T26, T27, T28, T32, T50, T51, T52, T53, T54, T55
Omitted	【北藏】	Northern Canon	Example: T09p0500 [1] 明註曰人北藏作及 T09p0500 [1] Ming note: Northern Canon reads 及 for 人 Occurrences: T09, T10, T11, T16, T17, T25, T28, T30, T32, T52, T53
Omitted	【獅谷】	Shishidani Edition	Example: T11p0926 [1] 栗獅谷本作粟 T11p0926 [1] Shishidani Edition reads 栗 for 粟 Occurrence: T11
Omitted	【流布本】	Popular Edition	Example: T12p0265 [5] 果＝異【三】，流布本亦同 T12p0265 [5] 果＝異【三】, same in the Popular Edition Occurrences: T12, T29, T31
Omitted	【大曆】	Dali [Era] Edition	Example: T16p0726 [1] 明註曰三毘陀大曆新譯作四吠陀 T16p0726 [1] Ming note: 三毘陀 is rendered as 四吠陀 in the Dali New Translation Occurrence: T16
Omitted	【日光】	Nikkō Collection	Example: T33p0854 [7] 經文廣解四字日光本作夾註 T33p0854 [7] The four characters “經文廣解” appear as an interlinear annotation (夾註) in the Nikkō manuscript witness Occurrence: T33
Omitted	【明異】	Ming Variant Reading	Example: T02p0353 [6] 敏＝敦【明異】 Occurrences: T02, T05, T06, T13, T14, T15
Omitted	【內】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrences: T32, T48, T51
Omitted	【別】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrence: T13
Omitted	【南】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrence: T03
Omitted	【宮乙】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrence: T14
Omitted	【敦方】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrence: T09
Omitted	【敦內】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrence: T09
Omitted	【聖丙】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrences: T25, T26
Omitted	【西】		Refer to “A Brief Survey of Taishō Collated Editions (Omitted Entries)“. Occurrences: T16, T24
Omitted	【原イ】	Witness copy notation	In collation notes, the Japanese katakana “ィ” indicates a specific collated copy, designated as “【[Edition] ィ】” in CBETA collation notes; the Japanese hiragana “ぃ” indicates another collated copy, designated as “【[Edition] ぃ】”. Example: T40p0721 [45] 合＝念 ぃ【甲】，＝含 ィ【甲】
	【原 ぃ】

Collation notes for other canonical collections follow the formatting conventions of the Taishō Tripiṭaka. Data independently consulted and verified by CBETA is appended with “-CB” for clear identification. For instance, “【麗】” (Goryeo) denotes a record cited from the source edition’s collation apparatus, whereas “【麗-CB】” indicates a record independently verified by CBETA from the Goryeo Canon.

The collation siglum【CB】denotes the default reading chosen for the CBETA edition.

CBETA Note:
Adapted from the original documentation, this page philologically revises and refines the English descriptions originally used in the Taishō Tripiṭaka while retaining the printed romanizations (such as “Tempyō” instead of “Tenpyō”, “Tun-huang” instead of “Dun-huang”); however, typo e.g. “Ms.” in the original description (“The Tempyō Ms. owned by Mr. Seitaro Morita”) has been amended to “Mss.”