藏文文献库
A catalogue of Tibetan religious texts assembled from several independent sources. Translation projects catalogue what they intend to translate; this is an attempt to record what the tradition actually contains, including whole classes of literature that no translation project currently covers.
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Holding a catalogue entry is not the same as holding a text. This library distinguishes three states, and the distinction matters because only the first can actually be sent to a translator:
Assorted Tibetan Buddhist texts that belong to no single lineage or print collection.
A general collection of Tibetan Buddhist texts circulated for study and practice.
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is two large collections. The Kangyur holds works attributed to the Buddha and to Indian masters, in translation; the Tanjur holds the commentaries and treatises that explain them. Different editions — Derge, Pedurma, Narthang, Lithang and many others — contain slightly different selections, so the same text often survives in several recensions. Editions overlap; a volume count is not a text count.
The 'translated word' — scriptures and tantras the tradition holds to be the Buddha's teaching, preserved in Tibetan translation. Traditionally 100 to 108 volumes. It opens with the Vinaya (monastic discipline), then the Perfection of Wisdom, then the great sutras, then the tantras.
The 'translated treatises' — Indian commentaries, philosophical works, grammar, medicine and poetics. Roughly 225 volumes in the Derge edition. This is where the systematic philosophy lives: Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Abhidharma and epistemology.
Tantras of the Nyingma, the 'ancient' school, which the later canons exclude. Includes the Dzogchen (Great Perfection) scriptures. Collected as the Nyingma Gyübum. This material is central to the tradition and largely absent from the Kangyur, so it is easily missed by anyone browsing only the standard canon.
Bon is Tibet's pre-Buddhist religion, which survives as a living tradition with its own canon — a Bon Kangyur and a Bon Tanjur — structured like the Buddhist ones but with distinct scriptures and lineages. Frequently left out of Tibetan Buddhist bibliographies entirely, which is why it has a top-level category here.
Tibetan Buddhist texts translated into Mongolian, printed in editions such as the Peking and Ulaanbaatar Kangyurs. Useful independently: a Mongolian translation sometimes preserves a reading lost from the Tibetan witnesses.
Manuscript collections, regional canons and fragmentary survivals that are not one of the major editions — monastic library holdings and archaeological remains. Often the oldest surviving witnesses to a text, and often the least studied.
Isolated volumes and partial survivals: a single folio, a damaged manuscript, a scattered volume. These matter for textual history because they are sometimes centuries older than the complete editions.
A collected edition of guru-related liturgical and instructional literature, digitised by BDRC.
A Karma Kagyü collection: liturgies, sadhanas and instructional texts of the Karma tradition.
Texts associated with the Drikung Kagyu lineage and its Chetsang holders.
Texts for which at least one English translation is recorded in this database. Sourced from the 84000 catalogue and from evidence found in Harvard Hollis.
Texts with no English translation recorded. Treat this honestly: for many of these the correct statement is 'not established' rather than 'none exists' — no systematic search has been run against them. The distinction is preserved in the database rather than flattened.
| Title | Category | Source | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tantra of Siddhaikavīra | 84000 | translated | |
| Spoken by Mañjuśrī Himself | 84000 | translated | |
| Mañjuśrī’s Sworn Oath | 84000 | translated | |
| Mañjuśrī’s Promise | 84000 | translated | |
| The Epithets of Mañjuśrī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Noble Lord Mañjuśrī’s Dḥāraṇī for Increasing Insight and Intelligence | 84000 | translated | |
| The Teaching on the Effulgence of Light | 84000 | translated | |
| The Procedure for Mañjuśrī’s Single-Syllable Mantra | 84000 | translated | |
| The Blessed One’s Praise of Sharp Mañjuśrī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Eight Maidens’ Praise of Mañjuśrī, Lord of Speech | 84000 | translated | |
| The One Hundred and Eight Names of the Perfection of Wisdom | 84000 | translated | |
| The Perfection of Wisdom “Kauśika” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (3) | 84000 | translated | |
| Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm | 84000 | translated | |
| The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen | 84000 | translated | |
| The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva | 84000 | translated | |
| The Quintessence of the Peahen | 84000 | translated | |
| The Great Amulet | 84000 | translated | |
| Great Cool Grove | 84000 | translated | |
| Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra | 84000 | translated | |
| The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī | 84000 | translated | |
| The King of Ritual Manuals from the Tantra of Māyā Mārīcī’s Arising | 84000 | translated | |
| The Maṇḍala Rites of Noble Mārīcī | 84000 | translated | |
| Jayavatī, the Great Queen of Spells | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Jayavatī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Initiating Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Teaching to the Venerable Nanda on Dwelling in the Womb | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Hiraṇyavatī” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Vidyā “Jāṅgulī” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Blessed Noble Aṅgulī, the Queen of Vidyās Accomplished Through Recitation | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of All Dharmas” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Cūḍāmaṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Six Syllable Spell | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of “The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of “The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of “The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Essence of the Six Perfections | 84000 | translated | |
| The Teaching to the Venerable Nanda on Entry into the Womb | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Six Perfections | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Obtaining the Ten Perfections | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Four Immeasurables | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Noble Avataṃsaka | 84000 | translated | |
| The Quintessence of “The Stem Array” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī to Uphold “The King of Samādhis Sūtra” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Quintessence of “The Great Peahen” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī to Uphold “The Noble Great Amulet” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī-Mantra to Have the Entire Noble “Sūtra of Descent into Laṅkā” Read | 84000 | translated | |
| The Array of Virtues of Mañjuśrī’s Buddha Realm | 84000 | translated | |
| Sitātapatrā Born from the Uṣṇīṣa of All Tathāgatas | 84000 | translated | |
| The Supreme Accomplishment of Invincible Averting, Sitātapatrā Born from the Uṣṇīṣa of the Tathāgata | 84000 | translated | |
| The Invincible Sitātapatrā (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Invincible Sitātapatrā (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī with Its Ritual Manual (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī with Its Ritual Manual (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī with Its Ritual Manual (3) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī | 84000 | translated | |
| A Ritual Manual for the Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī, “The Stainless Uṣṇīṣa” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Chapter on Minor Matters of Monastic Discipline | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Meeting of Father and Son | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Blazing Topknot Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for a Caitya | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī that Makes Erecting One Reliquary Like Erecting Ten Million | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Apex of Compassion | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Secret Tantra of the Wrathful Conqueror | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Vajrabhairava | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Mahādaṇḍa | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Jeweled Rosary, The Unconquerable | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī that Purifies All Hindrances | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī That Fully Confers Freedom From All Dangers | 84000 | translated | |
| The Questions of Pūrṇa | 84000 | translated | |
| The King of Spells of Dramiḍa | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Dhvajāgrakeyūrā | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Goddess Cundā | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī, The Excellent Method | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Reliance upon Many Sons | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Seven Zombies | 84000 | no translation | |
| Auspicious Night | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra of Taking Back Vitality | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Spell for Cleansing the Eyes | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra for Assuaging Eye Disease | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra for Assuaging Hemorrhoids | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Assuaging All Illnesses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Assuaging All Illnesses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Assuaging Epidemic Fevers | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Assuaging Epidemic Fevers | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Assuaging Smallpox | 84000 | no translation | |
| Not Taking Back Vitality | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra “On Entering the City of Vaiśālī” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Triumphing Over Bandits | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Ugra the Householder | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra for Eliminating All Hindrances | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Acala (1) | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Shorter Tantra for the Practice of the King of Vajra Wrath | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī Known as “Golden” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The One Hundred and Eight Names of Noble Avalokiteśvara, Together with his Dhāraṇī Mantra | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Maitreya | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Khagarbha [Ākāśagarbha] | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Samantabhadra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| One Hundred and Eight Names of Youthful Mañjuśrī Accompanied by His Dhāraṇī-Mantra | 84000 | translated | |
| Vidyutprāpta’s Questions | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Kṣitigarbha | 84000 | no translation | |
| One Hundred and Eight Names of Mañjuśrī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Maitreya’s Pledge” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Maṇḍala of Eight | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī, The Production of Ambrosia | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Refuge for the Preta Flaming Mouth | 84000 | translated | |
| The Bali Ritual to Relieve the Female Preta Flaming Mouth | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Overcoming Hindrances | 84000 | no translation | |
| Essence of Meteoric Gnosis | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Prophecy for Bhadra the Illusionist | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Generating Insight” (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Retaining Learning (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Bodhisattva Supreme Conqueror | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra, the Sūtra of the Great Assembly | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Ocean of Dharma | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Dispelling Vighnas” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Mahāsūtra, the Āṭānāṭīya Sūtra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Great Cloud (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Essence of All the Nāgas, The Great Cloud Chapter on the Array of Winds | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī “The Nāga King Manasvin’s Question” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Teaching on the Great Miracle | 84000 | translated | |
| The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Vasudhārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Practice of Vasudhārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Practice of the Dhāraṇī of Vasudhārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Heart Mantra of Gaṇapati | 84000 | translated | |
| The Tantra of Great Gaṇapati | 84000 | translated | |
| The Tantra of Glorious Mahākāla | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Glorious Mahākāla | 84000 | translated | |
| The Mahākāla Dhāraṇī: A Cure for All Diseases and Illnesses | 84000 | translated | |
| The Great Lion’s Roar of Maitreya | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Devī Mahākālī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sovereign Tantra “Praises to Śrīdevī Kālī” | 84000 | translated | |
| Śrīdevī Kālī’s One Hundred and Eight Names | 84000 | translated | |
| The Praise by Indra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Essence of Aparimitāyus | 84000 | translated | |
| The Aparimitāyurjñāna Sūtra (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Aparimitāyurjñāna Sūtra (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Essence of Immeasurable Longevity and Wisdom” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī-mantra of Amitābha | 84000 | no translation | |
| Calling Amitābha to Mind | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī Praising the Qualities of the Immeasurable One | 84000 | translated | |
| Determining the Vinaya: Upāli’s Questions | 84000 | translated | |
| Essence of Sukhāvatī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Web of Lotuses, the Root Tantra of Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra, The Essence of Amoghapāśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, The Essence of Amoghapāśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, The Questions of Nārāyaṇa | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Nāgadatta, The Essence of the Nāgas | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sovereign Ritual of Amoghapāśa | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Fulfilling the Six Perfections of Amoghapāśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| Dhāraṇī of the Ten Grounds | 84000 | no translation | |
| Procedures for the King of Practices of Amoghapāśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| Inspiring Determination | 84000 | translated | |
| Detailed Procedures for the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara Cintāmaṇicakra | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Eleven Faced Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, The Essence of the Spell of Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Essence-Mantra of Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Nīlakaṇṭha | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Unhesitating Compassion” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Samantabhadra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Ultimate Section on Vinaya | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Question of Subāhu | 84000 | translated | |
| The Practice of Lokeśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lotus Diadem Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Siṃhanāda Tantra | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara Siṃhanāda | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Siṃhanāda | 84000 | translated | |
| The Hundred and Eight Names of Avalokiteśvara [1] | 84000 | translated | |
| The Hundred and Eight Names of Avalokiteśvara [2] | 84000 | translated | |
| Dhāraṇī for a Beautiful Slender Physique | 84000 | no translation | |
| Aparājitā, who Grants Fearlessness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Great Awareness of Aparājitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| Surata’s Questions | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Thousandfold” | 84000 | translated | |
| Training in the Hundred Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| Training in the Hundred Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Training in the Thousand Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Training in the Thousand Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Training in the Thousand Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī, Training in the Three Thousand Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Not Forgetting | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Generating Insight” (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Generating Insight” (3) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Questions of the Householder Vīradatta | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī for Retaining Learning (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Marvelous Display of Buddhafields | 84000 | translated | |
| The Prayer from the Practice of Avalokiteśvara that is like the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel | 84000 | no translation |
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| Tibetan Wikipedia | 364 |
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| VOA / RFA Tibetan news | 29 |
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