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Phug brag bka' 'gyur.
Stony Brook, NY: The Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, 1990.
120 vols. on 7,698 microfiches.
Bka 'gyur, also known as Kanjur, is a key source not only for Tibetan Buddhist studies but also for Buddhist studies in general. A collection of sacred literature representing word of the Buddha, the Kanjur contains more than one thousand works gathered in the thirteenth century, and was published and republished in various versions. Bka' 'gyur includes sections on monastic discipline, a few hundred sutras (extended expositions of basic scripture), several collections of avadanas (legends of noble deeds), and tantras (ritual and meditation texts). This microfiche set reproduces the facsimile of Kanjur that was issued between 1976 and 1979 by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala from manuscripts written some time between 1696 and 1706. |
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