The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction

314 AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES

XXIV. Catalogs, vol. 55, 40 texts. Successive catalogs of the Canon begin-

ning with that ofSeng-yu published in 515 c.E.

C. The Tibetan Canon

I. Bka'-'gyur (Kanjur) ("Translation ofBuddha-word"). The number of

volumes and order of sections differ slightly from edition to edition.

The following is according to the Snar-thang (Narthang) version.

1. Vinaya, 13 vols.


2. Prajfiii-piiramita, 21 vols.


3. Avatm]'lsaka, 6 vols.


4. Ratnakufa, 6 vols. A set of 49 Mahayana Sutras.


5. Sutra, 30 vols., 270 texts, three-quarters Mahayana Sutras and one-
   quarter Hinayana ones.


6. Tantra, 22 vols., over 300 texts.
   II. Bstan-'gyur (Tenjur) ("Translation ofTeachings"). In the Peking
   edition, this consists of224 volumes and 3,626 texts, divided into:


7. Stotras (hymns of praise), 1 vol., 64 texts.


8. Commentaries on mantras, 86 vols., 3,055 texts.


9. Commentaries on Sutras, 137 vols., 567 texts.
   a. Prajfiii-piiramitii commentaries, 16 vols.
   b. Miidhyamika treatises, 17 vols.
   c. Yogacara treatises, 29 vols.
   d. Abhidharma, 8 vols.
   e. Miscellaneous, 4 vols.
   f. Vinaya Commentaries, 16 vols.
   g. Tales and dramas, 4 vols.
   h. Technical treatises: logic (21 vols.), grammar (1 vol.), lexicogra-
   phy and poetics (1 vol.), medicine (5 vols.), chemistry and
   sundry (1 vol.), supplement (old and recent translations,
   indices; 14 vols.).