伝でん写しゃ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

copying and transmitting a text

Refers to the act of copying a written work and passing it on, often in historical or manuscript contexts.

• 古ふるい経きょう典てんは、僧そう侶りょたちによって伝でん写しゃされてきた。

  The old scriptures have been copied and transmitted by monks.

• この文ぶん書しょは何なん度ども伝でん写しゃされたため、誤あやまりが含ふくまれている。

  Because this document was copied and transmitted many times, it contains errors.