gsung rab kyi yan lag bcu gnyis

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གསུང་རབ་ཀྱི་ཡན་ལག་བཅུ་གཉིས
twelve branches of the scriptures. the twelve kinds of excellent speech, twelve categories of Buddhist scripture. 1) mdo 'i sde general teachings. 2) dbyangs kyis bsnyad pa'i sde hymns and praises. 3) lung du bstan pa'i sde prophecies. 4) tshigs su bcad pa'i sde teaching in verse. 5) ched du brjod pa'i sde aphorisms. 6) gleng gzhi'i sde pragmatic narratives. 7) rtogs pa brjod pa'i sde biographical narratives. 8) de sta bu byung ba'i sde narratives of former events as examples. 9) skyes pa'i rabs kyi sde jantakam narratives of former births. 10) shin tu rgyas pa'i sde extensive teachings. 11) rmad du byung ba'i sde narratives of marvels. 12) gtan la dbab pa'i sde teachings in profound doctrines [RY]

12 branches of the [Buddhist] scriptures, 12 kinds of excellent speech [IW]