Tengyur
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Tengyur is a major Tibetan Buddhist canonical collection comprising translations of Indian commentarial and scholastic works that explain and elaborate on the Buddha’s teachings.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist scripture collection
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Tibetan Buddhist canon ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bstan ’gyur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoRomanizedAs | Tanjur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Buddhist commentarial corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledIn | Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| complements | Kangyur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWorksBy |
Asaṅga
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Dharmakīrti NERFINISHED ⓘ Dignāga NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Buddhist scholars ⓘ Nāgārjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
translation of commentaries
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translation of treatises ⓘ |
| etymology | Tibetan term meaning "translation of treatises" ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Abhidharma commentaries
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Sūtra commentaries ⓘ Vinaya commentaries ⓘ arts and crafts treatises ⓘ commentarial literature ⓘ epistemology treatises ⓘ grammar treatises ⓘ logic treatises ⓘ medicine treatises ⓘ philosophical works ⓘ poetics treatises ⓘ tantric commentaries ⓘ treatises ⓘ śāstras ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Tibetan imperial and post-imperial periods ⓘ |
| isCanonicalFor | Tibetan Buddhist monastic education ⓘ |
| language | Classical Tibetan ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfSources |
Apabhraṃśa
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Prakrit ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Kangyur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tibetan Buddhist Tripiṭaka
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Tibetan Buddhist canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to elaborate on canonical scriptures
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to explain the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ |
| relatedCollection | Bka’ ’gyur (Kangyur) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| script | Tibetan script ⓘ |
| significance |
authoritative reference for Tibetan Buddhist philosophy
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major source for Tibetan scholasticism ⓘ |
| tradition | Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
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Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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