The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1313 page)

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Korean Tripi
aka
or Tripi
aka Koreana
.
A collection of Buddhist texts from the Kory
period (935–1392). Its first edition was completed during the reign of King Munjong (1047–82) but destroyed at the time of the Mongolian invasion of Korea in 1231. Under the patronage of King Kojong (1214–59) the woodblock carving of the second edition was undertaken in 1236 and completed in 1251; one of the most comprehensive collections of Buddhist texts up to that time, this is now stored at the Haein monastery on Mount Kaya.
Ko
a
(Skt., ‘covering’). The five coverings of the
tman
in Hinduism—see e.g.
Taittir
ya Upani
ad
:
(i) the outer and furthest from
tman, annamaya-ko
a, the material covering of food;
(ii) pr
namaya-ko
a, the vital covering, manifest as breath;
(iii) manomaya-ko
a, the mental covering;
(iv) vijñanamaya-ko
a, the intelligence covering;
(v) 
nandamaya-ko
a, the bliss covering, where the human is closest to
tman
.

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