三藏 sān zàng

  1. sān zàng proper noun San Zang
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A title given to monks, such as Xuanzang (602-664) who were particularly fluent in the Buddhist Canon (CC-CEDICT '三藏'; Guoyu '三藏')
  2. sān Zàng proper noun Buddhist Canon
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, 三藏 means the Buddhist Canon in the wider sense, not specifically limited to the Tripiṭaka 'three baskets' of the sūtra, śāstra, and vinaya but also including histories and sectarian texts (Guoyu '三藏'; Wikipedia '三藏')

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