\nThe order of the sections and texts here follows that of the Deg\u00e9 Kangyur, and the individual texts have been numbered according to the widely used T\u014dhoku catalogue, which also follows the order of the Deg\u00e9 Kangyur and Tengyur (Ui, H. et al. eds. A Complete Catalogue of the Tibetan Buddhist Canons<\/cite>. 1934: Sendai, Japan. T\u014dhoku Imperial University.)\u201d \u2014 84000, The Kangyur<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Tengyur Genres and Catalog (Deg\u00e9 Edition)<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Eulogy
\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Works praising buddhas, bodhisattvas, or points of doctrine (Toh 1109-1179)
\nCatalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Tantra<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co) (Toh 360-845) <\/p>\n
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- Unexcelled Yoga tantra — \u0f56\u0fb3\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7a\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0d<\/span> – bla med rgyud – <\/span>Anuttarayoga \/ Yoganiruttaratantra (Toh 1180-2500) about<\/a> – Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/li>\n
- Yoga tantra – \u0f62\u0fa3\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f7c\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0d<\/span> – rnal \u2019byor gyi rgyud – <\/span>Yogatantra (Toh 2501-2661) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/li>\n
- Conduct tantra – \u0f66\u0fa4\u0fb1\u0f7c\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0d<\/span> – spyod pa\u2019i rgyud – Cary\u0101tantra (Toh 2662-2669) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Action tantra – \u0f56\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0d<\/span> – bya ba’i rgyud – Kriy\u0101tantra (Toh 2670-3139) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Other works on tantra – \u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f66\u0fa1\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f50\u0f74\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0d<\/span> – rgyud sde bzhi thun mong ba (Toh 3140-3785) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Sutra <\/h4>\n
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- Perfection of Wisdom – \u0f64\u0f7a\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0d – shes phyin – Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101 (Toh 3786-3823) Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n
- Middle Way \u0f51\u0f56\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0d<\/span> – dbu ma – <\/span>Madhyamaka (Toh 3824-3980) Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n
- Sutra Commentaries \u0f58\u0f51\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f7a\u0f63\u0f0d – <\/span>mdo ‘grel – S\u016btr\u0101nta (Toh 3981-4019) Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mind Only – \u0f66\u0f7a\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f59\u0f58\u0f0d<\/span> – sems tsam – <\/span>Cittam\u0101tra (Toh 4020-4085) Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Abhidharma<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Formal, scholastic treatises including part of the early Sarv\u0101stiv\u0101din Abhidharma canon and later commentaries (Toh 4086-4103)
\nCatalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Discipline<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nCommentaries and treatises on the canonical Vinaya texts (Toh 4104-4149)
\nCatalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Buddha’s Previous Lives (J\u0101taka)<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\nThe literature recounting stories of the Buddha\u2019s previous lives (Toh 4150-4157)
\nCatalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Epistles<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Advice from the great Indian Buddhist masters in the form of letters written to rulers and others (Toh 4158-4202)
\nCatalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Epistemology and Logic<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\nTexts on Indian Buddhist epistemology, logic, and reasoning by Dign\u0101ga, Dharmak\u012brti, and others (Toh 4203-4268)
\nCatalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Traditional Sciences and Arts<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co) <\/p>\n
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- Linguistics – \u0f66\u0f92\u0fb2\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f51\u0f7c\u0f0d<\/span> – sgra mdo – <\/span>\u015aabdavidy\u0101: Treatises on language, Sanskrit grammar, composition, rhetoric, poetics, lexicons, etc. (Toh 4269-4305) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/li>\n
- Medicine – \u0f42\u0f66\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d<\/span> – gso ba rig pa – <\/span>Cikits\u0101vidy\u0101: Secular Indian treatises on \u0100yurvedic medicine and pharmaceutics (Toh 4306-4312) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/li>\n
- Technology & Arts – \u0f56\u0f5f\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d<\/span> \u00b7 bzo rig pa – <\/span>\u015ailpavidy\u0101: Indian treatises on the graphic and manual arts, including iconometrics (Toh 4313-4327) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/li>\n
- Politics & Ethics – \u0f50\u0f74\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f74\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f40\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f45\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0d<\/span> – thun mong ba lugs kyi bstan bcos – <\/span>N\u012bti\u015b\u0101stra: Indian treatises on civic and political management and secular morality (Toh 4328-4345) Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.c0)<\/li>\n
- Miscellaneous Works – \u0f56\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f45\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f66\u0fa3\u0f0b\u0f5a\u0f7c\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0d<\/span> – bstan bcos sna tshogs – Vi\u015bvavidy\u0101 Catalog<\/a> (read.84000.co)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Toh<\/strong> stands for the Tohoku Catalogue number, the first complete catalog of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, published in 1934. This catalog number is used as the standard for the texts in the Asian Classics Input project and with other collections. (Rigpa Wiki<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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