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Kangyur & Tengyur Genres: Number of Texts, Pages and Text Size

Dr. D. Phillip Stanley, Naropa University

from "A Report on the Number of Texts, Pages and Text Size of Kangyur and Tengyur Genres" (BHLP Proceedings.pdf March 2009 | Translating the Words of the Buddha page 89ff)

Bka’ ’gyur Genres: Number of Texts, Pages and Text Size – D. Phillip Stanley, Naropa University
Note: The Combined Kanjur & Tanjur (CKT) consists of all texts find in the Peking, Cone, Derge, Urga, Narthang, and Lhasa Kanjurs, as well

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