Subject Profile - Tibetan Publications from India, Nepal, and China

Buddhist and Bon Literature

By Genre

1 Doctrinal works and philosophy

2 Esoteric commentarial literature (tantra)

3 Liturgy and ritual

4 Collected works/anthologies

By Sect / by Genre

(each is available by the genres listed above)

5 Bka'brgyud-pa

6 Bka'gdams-pa

7 Bon-po

8 Dge-lugs-pa

9 Eclectic (ris-med)

10 Gcod and Z´i-byed

11 Jo-nan-pa, Bo-don-pa, Zwa-lu-pa, etc.

12 Rni-ma-pa

13 Sa-skga-pa

By Subject

14 Canon

15 Reference including indexes to Canon, catalogs (dkar chag)

16 Biography and history

17 Astrology/calendars

18 Fine arts (iconography, calligraphy)

19 Linguistics including grammars and dictionaries

20 Performing arts, music, drama, etc.

21 Traditional medicine

22 Science and technology

23 Social sciences, politics, law

24 Literature including epics and modern creative literature

25 Travel, guidebooks, geography

26 Children's literature

27 Philosophy and religion (general)