The Bka’ ’gyur Sutra Genres: Number of Texts by Genre |
Genre | Peking | Cone | Derge | Urga | Narthang | Lhasa | Combined |
Number of Bka’ ’gyur Sutra Texts |
’Dul ba | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Sher phyin | 17 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Paritta | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Phal chen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
dKon brtsegs | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
mDo sde | 267 | 263 | 266 | 268 | 272 | 273 | 279 |
Myang ’das | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total Sutra | 356 | 352 | 361 | 363 | 367 | 368 | 374 |
Number of Bka’ ’gyur Tantra Texts |
rGyud | 454 | 456 | 472 | 466 | 394 | 425 | 482 |
rNying rgyud | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Dus ’khor ’grel bshad | N/A | N/A | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 |
gZungs ’dus | 266 | 266 | 245 | 254 | 8 | 1 | 267 |
sMon lam | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | N/A | N/A | 26 |
Total Tantra | 756 | 758 | 757 | 751 | 420 | 444 | 795 |
Total Bka’ ’gyur | 1,112 | 1,110 | 1,118 | 1,114 | 787 | 812 | 1,169 |
The Bka’ ’gyur Sutra Genres: Number of Pages by Genre * |
Genre | Peking | Cone | Derge | Urga | Narthang | Lhasa | Combined |
Number of Bka’ ’gyur Sutra Non-Standardised Pages |
’Dul ba | 7,510 | 9,092 | 7,859 | 7,859 | 12,163 | 11,402 | 7,510 |
Sher phyin | 15,168 | 16,613 | 15,053 | 15,057 | 21,339 | 21,181 | 15,198 |
Paritta | 237 | 246 | 208 | 208 | 340 | 350 | 237 |
Phal chen | 3,179 | 3,383 | 3,087 | 3,085 | 4,529 | 4,434 | 3,179 |
dKon brtsegs | 3,957 | 4,003 | 3,500 | 3,550 | 5,520 | 5,506 | 3,957 |
mDo sde | 19,421 | 21,365 | 18,286 | 18,629 | 29,019 | 29,520 | 20,064 |
Myang ’das | 1,431 | 1,586 | 1,360 | 1,360 | 2,239 | 2,109 | 1,431 |
Total Sutra | 50,903 | 56,287 | 49,353 | 49,747 | 75,148 | 74,502 | 51,576 |
Number of Bka’ ’gyur Tantra Pages |
rGyud | 11,837 | 12,629 | 12,199 | 12,191 | 16,482 | 17,791 | 13,064 |
rNying rgyud | 1,886 | 2,041 | 1,906 | 1,906 | 2,647 | 2,870 | 1,887 |
Dus ’khor ’grel bshad | N/A | N/A | 936 | 936 | N/A | N/A | 1,043 |
gZungs ’dus | 1,781 | 1,821 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 25 | 17 | 2,349 |
sMon lam | 42 | 60 | 47 | 47 | N/A | N/A | 59 |
Total Tantra | 15,546 | 16,550 | 16,158 | 16,149 | 19,153 | 20,678 | 18,402 |
Total Bka’ ’gyur | 66,449 | 72,837 | 65,511 | 65,897 | 94,301 | 95,181 | 69,978 |
The Bka’ ’gyur Sutra Genres: Average Number of Pages per Text by Genre |
Genre | Peking | Cone | Derge | Urga | Narthang | Lhasa | Combined |
Bka’ ’gyur Sutra Average Number of Pages per Text |
’Dul ba | 939 | 1,136 | 982 | 982 | 1,520 | 1,425 | 939 |
Sher phyin | 892 | 977 | 654 | 655 | 928 | 921 | 661 |
Paritta | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 18 |
Phal chen | 3,179 | 3,383 | 3,087 | 3,085 | 4,529 | 4,434 | 3,179 |
dKon brtsegs | 81 | 82 | 71 | 72 | 113 | 112 | 81 |
mDo sde | 73 | 81 | 69 | 70 | 107 | 108 | 72 |
Myang ’das | 1,431 | 1,586 | 1,360 | 1,360 | 2,239 | 2,109 | 1,431 |
Total Sutra | 143 | 160 | 137 | 137 | 205 | 202 | 138 |
Bka’ ’gyur Tantra Average Number of Pages per Text |
rGyud | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 42 | 42 | 27 |
rNying rgyud | 105 | 113 | 100 | 100 | 147 | 159 | 99 |
Dus ’khor ’grel bshad | N/A | N/A | 936 | 936 | N/A | N/A | 1,043 |
gZungs ’dus | 6.7 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 16.9 | 8.8 |
sMon lam | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | N/A | N/A | 2.3 |
Total Tantra | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 46 | 47 | 23 |
Total Bka’ ’gyur | 60 | 66 | 59 | 59 | 120 | 117 | 60 |
* Note: The average page size and amount of text on a page varies by collection so the data is not comparable across
columns, except that the data for the Combined Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur is stated in equivalent number of Peking pages,
thus it can be compared with the data for the Peking Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur.
* 1 page = 1 side of a 2-sided folio
The Bstan ’gyur Genres: Number of Texts by Genre |
Genre | Peking | Narthang | Cone | Derge | Combined |
Sutra |
bsTod tshogs | 63 | 64 | 64 | 71 | 73 |
Sher phyin | 40 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 41 |
dBu ma | 257 | 257 | 158 | 158 | 264 |
mDo sde | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Sems tsam | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
mNgon pa | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
’Dul ba | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 47 |
sKyes rab | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
sPring yig | 42 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
Tshad ma | 69 | 69 | 66 | 66 | 69 |
sGra mdo | 28 | 28 | 36 | 36 | 37 |
gSo ba rig pa | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
bZo rig pa | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 21 |
Lugs kyi bstan bcos | 12 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 24 |
sNa tshogs | 132 | 131 | 77 | 122 | 142 |
Total Sutra | 844 | 853 | 702 | 754 | 902 |
Tantra |
rGyud | 3,136 | 3,129 | 2,623 | 2,623 | 3,191 |
Total Bstan ’gyur | 3,980 | 3,982 | 3,325 | 3,377 | 4,093 |
Total Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur | 5,092 | 4,769 | 4,435 | 4,495 | 5,262 |
The Bstan ’gyur Genres: Number of Pages by Genre |
Genre | Peking | Narthang | Cone | Derge | Combined |
Sutra |
bsTod tshogs | 590 | 556 | 590 | 514 | 613 |
Sher phyin | 10,603 | 10,342 | 9,508 | 9,118 | 10,664 |
dBu ma | 12,640 | 12,356 | 10,725 | 10,850 | 13,506 |
mDo sde | 6,658 | 6,444 | 5,679 | 5,561 | 6,658 |
Sems tsam | 10,433 | 10,055 | 8,984 | 8,894 | 10,433 |
mNgon pa | 7,464 | 7,246 | 6,399 | 6,334 | 7,464 |
’Dul ba | 12,350 | 11,732 | 10,446 | 10,227 | 12,354 |
sKyes rab | 2,367 | 2,238 | 2,850 | 2,776 | 2,367 |
sPring yig | 678 | 640 | 551 | 551 | 694 |
Tshad ma | 15,761 | 15,303 | 13,016 | 12,785 | 15,761 |
sGra mdo | 1,394 | 1,247 | 2,621 | 2,565 | 2,882 |
gSo ba rig pa | 4,026 | 3,852 | 3,583 | 3,531 | 4,026 |
bZo rig pa | 278 | 319 | 191 | 196 | 307 |
Lugs kyi bstan bcos | 128 | 466 | 339 | 355 | 653 |
sNa tshogs | 10,106 | 9,652 | 3,617 | 6,564 | 10,173 |
Total Sutra | 95,476 | 92,448 | 79,100 | 80,823 | 98,555 |
Tantra |
rGyud | 62,317 | 59,937 | 46,933 | 46,513 | 63,270 |
Total Bstan ’gyur | 157,792 | 152,384 | 126,033 | 127,335 | 161,825 |
Total Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur | 224,241 | 246,685 | 198,869 | 192,846 | 231,802 |
The Bstan ’gyur Genres: Average Number of Pages per Text by Genre |
Genre | Peking | Narthang | Cone | Derge | Combined |
Sutra |
bsTod tshogs | 9.4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Sher phyin | 265 | 259 | 250 | 240 | 260 |
dBu ma | 49 | 48 | 68 | 69 | 51 |
mDo sde | 166 | 161 | 142 | 139 | 166 |
Sems tsam | 158 | 152 | 136 | 135 | 158 |
mNgon pa | 415 | 403 | 356 | 347 | 296 |
’Dul ba | 274 | 261 | 227 | 222 | 263 |
sKyes rab | 296 | 280 | 356 | 347 | 296 |
sPring yig | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
Tshad ma | 228 | 222 | 197 | 194 | 228 |
sGra mdo | 50 | 45 | 73 | 71 | 78 |
gSo ba rig pa | 575 | 550 | 512 | 504 | 575 |
bZo rig pa | 16.4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
Lugs kyi bstan bcos | 11 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 27 |
sNa tshogs | 77 | 74 | 47 | 54 | 72 |
Total Sutra | 113 | 108 | 113 | 107 | 109 |
Tantra |
rGyud | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Total Bstan ’gyur | 40 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 40 |
Total Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur | 44 | 52 | 45 | 43 | 44 |
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