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Taisho Tripitaka | End-of-Volume Notation
This table adapts the apparatus notation list from the back matter of the Taisho Tripitaka, revised to correct typos and refine the English phrasing in a philological context.
Though Taisho only illustrates 甲、乙、丙, additional designations (丁、戊、己) appear throughout the texts. Their corresponding volume numbers are given in the table below.
| Taisho Notation | CBETA Notation | Description |
 | 【原】 | The manuscript or book on which the printed text is based. CBETA note: In the Taisho Tripitaka, the word 底本 is translated into English as “Original Text”, which, however, is best understood as “Base Text” in current philological context. |
 | 【甲】 | The first collated text. |
 | 【乙】 | The second collated text. |
 | 【丙】 | The third collated text. |
| Omitted | 【丁】 | The fourth collated text: T18, T20, T21, T43, T47, T51, T85 |
| Omitted | 【戊】 | The fifth collated text: T43, T47, T51 |
| Omitted | 【己】 | The sixth collated text: T43, T47, T51 |
イ |
Example: 【校異-原】 (Variant – Base Text) 【校異-甲】 (Variant – First Collated Text) | A variant reading noted in the base text or collated text. CBETA Note: A note in the base text or a collated text indicating a variant character in another edition. Example: (a) The base text note states “one edition reads 正 for 止”, written as 止＝正イ【原】. (b) The note in the first collated text states “one edition lacks 止”, written as 〔止〕イ－【甲】. |
カ |
Example: 【考偽-原】 (Conjectural Emendation – Base Text) 【考偽-乙】 (Conjectural Emendation – Second Collated Text) | A conjectural reading noted in the base text or collated text.
CBETA Note: In Taisho Tripitaka, the expression 考偽 is rendered as “Correction”, which is instead a conjectural emendation or suspected reading made in the notes of the base text or a collated text. Example: (a) The base text note states “捐 may be a mistake for 損”, written as 捐＝損カ【原】. (b) The note in the second collated text states “is suspected to follow 如”, written as 如＋（是）カ【乙】. |
？ | 【考偽-大】 (Conjectural Emendation – Taisho) | A proposed reading (－明 is suspected to be a mistake for 朋) by the collator of the text, written as 朋＝明？ |
