Tibetan Kangyur

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Buddhist canon collection of scriptures

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

Aliases (11)

Bka’ ’gyur (bka’ ’gyur) in Tibetan ×1
Cone Kangyur ×1
Derge Kangyur ×1
Lhasa Kangyur ×1
Narthang Kangyur ×1
Peking Kangyur ×1
Phudrak Kangyur ×1
Tibetan Buddhist Canon ×1
Tibetan Buddhist canon ×1
Urga Kangyur ×1
“Kangyur” means “translated words” or “translation of the word” ×1

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 →
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” →
hasPart	Sutra section → Tantra section → Vinaya section →
hasVariant	Cone Kangyur → Derge Kangyur → Lhasa Kangyur → Narthang Kangyur → Peking Kangyur → Phudrak Kangyur → Urga Kangyur →
includes	Hinayana or Śrāvakayāna sutras → Mahayana sutras → tantric scriptures →
language	Tibetan →
partOf	Tibetan Buddhist canon →
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 → Vajrayana Buddhism →
script	Tibetan script →
timePeriodOfCompilation	roughly 8th to 14th centuries CE →
translationFrom	Prakrits → Sanskrit →
usedBy	Gelug school → Jonang school → Kagyu school → Nyingma school → Sakya school →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tibetan Kangyur ("Derge Kangyur") → Tibetan Kangyur ("Narthang Kangyur") → Tibetan Kangyur ("Peking Kangyur") → Tibetan Kangyur ("Lhasa Kangyur") → Tibetan Kangyur ("Cone Kangyur") → Tibetan Kangyur ("Urga Kangyur") → Tibetan Kangyur ("Phudrak Kangyur") →	hasVariant
Tibetan Kangyur ("Bka’ ’gyur (bka’ ’gyur) in Tibetan") →	classification
Tibetan Kangyur ("“Kangyur” means “translated words” or “translation of the word”") →	etymology
Tibetan Kangyur ("Tibetan Buddhist canon") →	partOf
Tripitaka ("Tibetan Buddhist Canon") →	preservedIn
Buddhism →	scripture