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Excavated Documents from the Wooden Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Songgwangsa Temple, Suncheon

순천 송광사 목조관음보살좌상 복장전적 ( 順天松廣寺木造觀音菩薩坐像腹藏典籍 )

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Classification Treasure
Name of Cultural Properties Excavated Documents from the Wooden Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Songgwangsa Temple, Suncheon
Quantity 5
Designated Date 2010.08.25
Age
Address Songgwangsa Temple 100, Songgwangsaan-gil, Songgwang-myeon, Suncheon, Jeollanam-do

This is a set of eight Buddhist scriptures found inside the Wooden Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Songgwangsa Temple in Suncheon, along with other votive objects. Daebanggwang bulhwaeomgyeong hamnon (Comprehensive Comments on the Avatamsaka Sutra), one of the eight texts, is a discourse on the Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Garland Sutra), published by the Directorate of Buddhist Publications. The printing blocks were carved in Gwangju-mok in Jeolla-do Province, based on a manuscript written in the hand of Yi Gwon-saeng, Bak Mun-son and Yu Yak. Meanwhile, the Tripitaka Koreana, printed with the woodblocks in Haeinsa Temple and dating from sometime in the 15th century, was separately designated as a cultural heritage object, given its rarity and value.