Shittan jiki / Chikō sen.
悉曇字記 智廣撰.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhiguang, -806.

Standardized Title:

Xitan zi ji. Japanese & Chinese

悉曇字記. Japanese & Chinese

Language:

Chinese

English

Japanese

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit language--Alphabet.

Siddham alphabet.

Sanskrit language--Study and teaching.

Japan.

Sanskrit language--Study and teaching--Japan.

Sanskrit language.

Siddham alphabet--Early works to 1800.

Sanskrit language--Alphabet--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900 (donor) (former owner)

McCartee Library (bookplate)

Physical Description:

28 leaves ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Jiki

字記

Place of Publication:

[Japan] : [publisher not identified], [between 1669 and 1800?]

Language Note:

Chiefly in Chinese with reading marks, including Kanbun and Sanskrit.

Japanese and Sanskrit (Japanese written in Kanbun with reading marks, Sanskrit in Siddham script).

Notes:

Caption title.

Within single border (20.3 x 14.2 cm.); text chiefly in 7 vertical lines.

On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji).

Local Notes:

RBC copy has "Jininshitsu zōhon" stamped in red on leaf 1 recto. Cover (bound in) has library slip with text: "Ō [or Jū?] Shibayama-tō ka Jininshitsu mongai fushutsu".

RBC copy has "慈忍室藏本" stamped in red on leaf 1 recto. Cover has library slip with text: "往 [or 住?] 芝山塔下慈忍室門外不出".

RBC copy front inside cover has holographically written title: "Shih t'an tsz ki (Japonicé Sitan dji ki) : Record of the Shitan letters", with summary and description of contents in English. Some English ms. notes in pencil throughout text to indicate Siddham pronunciations and references.

Cited in:

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten, v. 4, p. 347 (Shittan jiki, 1-kan, by Chikō).

OCLC:

61807841