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Tripitaka Korena

A View of Tripitaka Koreana, collection of Buddhist scriptures carved at Hein Buddhist Temple in Gyeongsangnamdo-Province, South Korea on August 4, 2021. The Tripitaka Koreana or Palman Daejanggyeong is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka ,Buddhist scriptures, and the Sanskrit word for ''three baskets'', carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century. It is the world's most comprehensive and oldest intact version of Buddhist canon in Hanja script, with no known errors or errata in the 52,330,152 characters which are organized in over 1496 titles and 6568 volumes. Each wood block measures 24 centimeters in height and 70 centimeters in length. (Photo by Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto)

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