Tibetan Kangyur

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The Tibetan Kangyur is the canonical collection of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures containing the translated words of the Buddha, including sutras, tantras, and monastic rules.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist canon
collection of scriptures
basedOn Indian Buddhist texts
Sanskrit originals
canonicalStatus authoritative scripture collection in Tibetan Buddhism
classification Bka’ ’gyur (bka’ ’gyur) in Tibetan
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
complementedBy Tibetan Tengyur
contains Buddha’s discourses
Vinaya texts
monastic rules
sutras
tantras
developedIn Tibet
distinguishedFrom Tibetan Tengyur
etymology “Kangyur” means “translated words” or “translation of the word”
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
hasPart Sutra section
Tantra section
Vinaya section
hasVariant Cone Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur

Derge Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur

Lhasa Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur

Narthang Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur

Peking Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur

Phudrak Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur

Urga Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
includes Hinayana or Śrāvakayāna sutras
linked to: Āgamas

Mahayana sutras
tantric scriptures
language Tibetan
partOf Tibetan Buddhist canon
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
preservedAs manuscripts
woodblock prints
primaryFunction preservation of Buddha’s teachings
regardedAs words of the Buddha
religiousTradition Tibetan Buddhism
religiousUse monastic education
ritual recitation
scriptural study
scope Mahayana Buddhism
linked to: Mahayana

Vajrayana Buddhism
linked to: Vajrayana
script Tibetan script
timePeriodOfCompilation roughly 8th to 14th centuries CE
translationFrom Prakrits
Sanskrit
usedBy Gelug school
Jonang school
Kagyu school
linked to: Tibetan Buddhism

Nyingma school
Sakya school

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddhism scripture Tibetan Kangyur
Tripitaka preservedIn Tibetan Buddhist Canon
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur partOf Tibetan Buddhist canon
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Derge Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Narthang Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Peking Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Lhasa Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Cone Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Urga Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur hasVariant Phudrak Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur classification Bka’ ’gyur (bka’ ’gyur) in Tibetan
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Kangyur etymology “Kangyur” means “translated words” or “translation of the word”
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Buddhism hasCanonicalCollection Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tathāgatagarbha sutras preservedIn Tibetan Buddhist canon
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Buddha’s discourses collectedIn Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Tengyur complements Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Tengyur distinguishedFrom Tibetan Kangyur
Tibetan Tengyur pairedWith Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Jonang school scripture Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Nyingma school hasTextCollection Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Sakya school scriptureCollection Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism scriptureCanon Kangyur
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur