However, the oldest existing Sanskrit book is the Baiyo-bon edition housed at Horyu-ji Temple, which is said to be a manuscript from the latter part of the eighth century (introduced in 609 according to a legend), and it was written in a later age than the time when Buddhist sutras were translated into Chinese.
しかしながら、現存する最古のサンスクリット（梵字）本は、法隆寺所蔵の8世紀後半（伝承では609年請来）の写本とされる貝葉本であり、漢訳経典より時代を下る。