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.

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How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

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
Sarvastivada Buddhism → abhidharmaPreservedIn → Tibetan canon ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Sarvastivada school → preservedIn → Tibetan Buddhist canon ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Buddhist texts → majorCollection → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Bardo Thodol → category → Tibetan Buddhist canon (Nyingma)} ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Sera lineage → scripturalCanon → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Gaden Namgyal Lhatse → containsText → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Nyingma–Kagyu–Sakya–Gelug traditions → sharesTextualCanonWith → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Kathok lineage → scriptureCollection → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Nyingma Gyubum → distinguishedFrom → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Dorje Drak Monastery → usesScripture → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra → canonicalCollection → Tibetan Buddhist canon ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tengyur → complements → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tengyur → pairedWith → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Tengyur → relatedCollection → Bka’ ’gyur (Kangyur) ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Vinaya of the Mūlasarvāstivāda school → canonicalCollection → Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Vinaya of the Mūlasarvāstivāda school → sectionOfCanon → ’Dul ba (Vinaya) section of the Tibetan Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
Prajñāpāramitā sūtras → preservedIn → Tibetan Kangyur ⓘ
Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra → canonicalStatus → preserved in Tibetan Kangyur ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Kangyur