Buddhist Studies and Text Encoding

Abstract

In past study of Buddhist scriptures, meticulous examination of texts necessitated the painstaking process of comparing different versions character by character. However, the combination of highly accurate text data provided by the SAT project and advancements in OCR technology now allows researchers to bypass this character-by-character comparison and directly verify differences using digital imagery. This development has the potential to transform the way texts are handled in future research, and is expected to have a significant impact on subsequent studies. Moreover, if this can be appropriately structured, it would further facilitate more precise and constructive discussions.