Abstract

This study researches to prove the character of the bottom book of the 'Tripitaka Koreana'and its carved book. From the research, it is Proved that the First Tripitaka 51books and the new Tripitaka that is the second Tripitaka collected in the Holim museum are the overtum cared books or the contracted overtum cared books of 'Tripitaka keybo'. And finds out some outline on the bottom and compared book used when published the new Tripitaka by comparing it by Sugi Buddhist priest: he published the new book using the Songbon(宋本) at first as the bottom book and compared it with the Kookbon(國本) and Danbon(丹本) and contracted it based on them. This corrected Songbon was used once more as the bottom book of the new Tripitaka. And It is grasped that some Tripitaka containing some serious mistakes and missed in Songbon was corrected based on the Kookbon and Danbon and caved it or made a new carved book to insert or substitute it to the new Tripitaka. study researches So this study concludes that such differences showing in these two books are on the bases of the gaps in time and space between them.