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היקף האחזקה בספרייה מול הקיים רשמית בקנג'ור ובטנג'ור · תמונת מצב ל־12 באוגוסט 2026

שלוש תשובות לשאלה אחת

כמה כתבים יש בספרייה? התשובה תלויה במה שסופרים, וההפרש גדול מספיק כדי להטעות:

9,040
קבצים בספרייה
7,567
קבצי טקסט — 1,470 מהם הם כרטיסיות META ולא כתבים
6,834
חיבורים נפרדים — חיבור ארוך יושב על כמה קבצים
אסופהקבציםMETAטקסטיםחיבוריםתורגם לאנגליתמדורים
קנג'ור
קטלוג ACIP עודכן ב־30 בדצמבר 2025 (WS)
1,00282920768346 (45%)13
טנג'ור
קטלוג ACIP עודכן ב־27 בינואר 2026 (WS)
3,436163,4203,35348 (1%)16
סונגבום
קטלוג ACIP עודכן ב־15 ביוני 2026 (WS)
4,5991,3723,2272,6792,554 (95%)35
שורש הספרייה — קובצי עזר, לא כתבים30
סך הכל9,0401,4707,5676,8342,948 (43%)64

התאריך מתחת לכל אסופה הוא המועד שבו ACIP עדכנה לאחרונה את הקטלוג והתרגום שלה, כך שהסונגבום כאן עדכני בשמונה חודשים מהקנג'ור. שלושת קובצי השורש הם קטלוג טוהוקו, סריקת TBRC ופתק עבודה. חיבורי הקנג'ור נספרים לפי מספרי טוהוקו נפרדים שברשותנו, כולל 265 קבצי לאסה לאחר מיפוי; הטנג'ור אף הוא לפי טוהוקו; הסונגבום לפי מזהה ACIP מלא, כי אין לו מספור קאנוני.

קנג'ור — מול קטלוג טוהוקו

ההשוואה נעשתה מול Toh 1–1108, מהדורת דֶרגֶה, לפי טבלת המדורים שבקטלוג טוהוקו הנמצא בשורש הספרייה.

הערות לטבלת הקנג'ור
  • מספרים קטנים אינם חֶסֶר: מדור הוינאיה מונה שבעה חיבורים בקאנון עצמו, ואוואטמסקה חיבור אחד. אלה מדורים הבנויים ממעט חיבורים עצומים, לא מהרבה קצרים.
מדורטוהוקורשמיאצלנוכיסויהחזקה
מול טוהוקו
וינאיה 'DUL BA1–777
שלם
שלמות החוכמה SHES PHYIN8–433636
שלם
אוואטמסקה PHAL CHEN4411
שלם
ערמת התכשיטים DKON BRTZEGS45–934949
שלם
סוטרות MDO SDE94–359266264
חסרים 2Toh 199BYANG CHUB SEMS DPA' BYAMS PA DGA' LDAN GNAM DU SKYE BA BLANGS PA'I MDO · כרטיסיית META קיימת, אין קובץ טקסט

Toh 216MA SKYES DGRA'I 'GYOD PA BSAL BA · אין כלום
טנטרות RGYUD 'BUM360–827468364
78%
טנטרות עתיקות RNYING RGYUD828–8441716
חסר 1
גלגל הזמן DUS 'KHOR84510
חסר
לחשים GZUNGS 'DUS846–110826331
12%
סך הכל קנג'ור1–11081,10876869%חלקי
הממצא המרכזי — קנג'ור סוטרה כמעט מושלם, כמעט בלי טנטרה.
  • צד הסוטרה שלם למעט שני חיבורים בMDO SDEToh 199 וToh 216.
  • לפי מספרי KL בלבד החֶסֶר נראה כמו 571, אך 265 קבצי לאסה באותו מדור מספקים 233 מהם לאחר מיפוי למספרי דרגה. המספר האמיתי הוא 338 חסרים מתוך 749.
  • כמעט כל החֶסֶר הוא מדור הלחשים GZUNGS 'DUS — 263 בקאנון, 31 בספרייה.

טנג'ור — מול קטלוג טוהוקו

ההשוואה מול Toh 1109–4569. כאן התמונה אחרת לגמרי:

מדורטוהוקורשמיאצלנוהחזקה
מול טוהוקו
שירי שבח BSTOD TSOGS1109–11797171שלם
טנטרה RGYUD1180–37852,6062,604חסר 2Toh 1199GSANG CHEN DPAL KUN TU KHA SBYOR LAS BYUNG BA'I RGYA CHER BSHAD PA RIN PO CHE'I PHRENG BA · ויראוואג'רה · META בלי טקסט

Toh 1503 — קאלאקאפא · הכותרת לא ניתנת לשחזור מהאינדקס שלנו · אין כלום
שלמות החוכמה SHES PHYIN3786–38233837חסר 1Toh 3796SHES RAB KYI PHA ROL TU PHYIN PA'I MAN NGAG GI BSTAN BCOS MNGON PAR RTOGS PA'I RGYAN GYI TSIG LE'UR BYAS PA'I 'GREL BSHAD TSIG RAB TU GSAL BA · דהרמהמיטרה · META בלי טקסט
דרך האמצע DBU MA3824–3980157157שלם
פירושי סוטרות MDO 'GREL3981–40193939שלם
רק־תודעה SEMS TZAM4020–40856666שלם
אבידהרמה MNGON PA4086–41031818שלם
וינאיה 'DUL BA4104–41494646שלם
סיפורי לידות SKYES RABS4150–415788שלם
איגרות SPRING YIG4158–42024545שלם
לוגיקה TSAD MA4203–42686666שלם
דקדוק SGRA MDO4269–43053737שלם
רפואה GSO BA RIG PA4306–431277שלם
אומנויות BZO RIG PA4313–43271515שלם
ידע חילוני LUGS KYI BSTAN BCOS4328–43451818שלם
מגוון SNA TSOGS4346–4464119119שלם
כתבי אתישה הקצרים JO BO'I CHOS CHUNG4465–4567103075 קיימים כפול
קטלוג הטנג'ור DKAR CHAG4568–456920חסר כולוToh 4568 — קטלוג הטנג'ור של דֶרגֶה. …ZLA 'OD GZHON NU'I 'KHRI SHING · הכותרת ארוכה מאוד והסריקה שלנו משחזרת רק את סופה

Toh 4569 — מאת ז'וצ'ן צולטרים רינצ'ן, עורך מהדורת דֶרגֶה · הכותרת עצמה אינה ניתנת לשחזור מהעותק שברשותנו
סך הכל טנג'ור1109–45693,4613,35397%
הערות לנתוני הטנג'ור
  • הטנג'ור כמעט שלם מדור אחרי מדור, לא רק בסך הכל. אחד עשר מתוך שישה עשר המדורים תואמים את טוהוקו במספר מדויק — 157 לDBU MA, 66 לTSAD MA, 46 לוינאיה. ההתאמה הזאת משמשת גם כאימות לשיטת הספירה עצמה.
  • חסרים 108 חיבורים לפי מספר, ומתוכם 105 הם גוש רצוף אחד בסוףToh 4465–4569, מדור כתביו הקצרים של אתישה ובעקבותיו קטלוג הטנג'ור.
  • המדור הזה הוא ברובו איסוף חוזר של טקסטים המודפסים גם במדורים הנושאיים, ולכן 75 מתוך 103 קיימים בספרייה תחת מספר טוהוקו אחר. הרשימה המלאה בסעיף המתקפל שלמטה.
  • רק שלושה חסרים מפוזרים לאורך שאר האסופה: Toh 1199 (פירוש ויראוואג'רה לטנטרת סמפוטה), Toh 1503, וToh 3796 (פירושו של דהרמהמיטרה לקישוט ההשגות). לשניים מהשלושה קיימת כרטיסיית META בלי קובץ טקסט.
  • רפואה ואומנויות אינן קיימות בסריקת טוהוקו המקומית, שפגומה שם. הטווחים — 4306–4312 ו4313–4327 — לקוחים ממקור חיצוני, מדריך הנושאים של ספריית מכללת מאיטריפה (maitripa.org), ועולים בקנה אחד עם האחזקה בפועל, הרצופה וללא פערים.
רשימת 103 החיבורים החסרים במדור כתבי אתישה (Toh 4465–4567)

העמודה השלישית מראה אם אותו חיבור קיים בספרייה תחת מספר טוהוקו אחר. מדור זה במהדורת דֶרגֶה הוא במידה רבה איסוף חוזר של טקסטים המודפסים גם במדורים הנושאיים — ולכן 75 מתוך 103 קיימים אצלנו בעותק אחר. הכותרות שוחזרו מהאינדקס המקומי; ב־24 מהן הסריקה פגומה מכדי לשחזר כותרת.

Tohכותרת בקטלוג טוהוקועותק כפול שקיים אצלנו
4465BodhipathapradipaToh 3947
4466Spyod-pa bsdus-pahi sgron-maToh 3960
4467Bden-pa gnis-la hjug-paToh 3902
4468Dbu-mahi man-nagToh 3929
4469Snin-po bsdus-paToh 3949
4470Snin-po nes-par bsdu-baToh 3950
4471BodhisattvamanyavaliToh 3951
4472לא אותר
4473Udanakathaלא אותר
4474לא אותר
4475לא אותר
4476EkasmrtyupadesaToh 3928
4477lam-la hjug-pa bstan-paToh 3652, Toh 3952
4478Skyabs-su-hgro-ba bstan-paToh 3953
4479thabs yi-ger bsdus-paToh 3954
4480thabs sin-tu bsdus-paToh 3955
4481bcas-pa yi-ger bris-paToh 3956
4482SutrarthasamuccayopadesaToh 3957
4483לא אותר
4484Las rnam-par hbyed-paToh 3959
4485לא אותר
4486לא אותר
4487snon-du bya-bahi cho-gaToh 3975
4488tsha gdab-pahi cho-gaToh 3976
4489Bla-mahi bya-bahi rim-paToh 3977
4490gahi rim-paToh 3969
4491BodhisattvasamvaravidhiToh 3967, Toh 3976
4492BodhicittotpadavidhiToh 3966
4493dam blan-bahi cho-gaToh 3968
4494לא אותר
4495Dad skyed sgron-maלא אותר
4496Bses-pahi sprin-yigToh 4182, Toh 4382
4497SisyalekhaToh 4183
4498MaharajakaniskalekhaToh 4184
4499Don-yod hcharToh 4333
4500Rab-hbyor zla-ba (Subhuticandra)Toh 4181
4501byed-paToh 4328
4502לא אותר
4503לא אותר
4504לא אותר
4505Mya-nan bsal-baToh 4177
4506SaptakumarikavadanaToh 4147
4507SaptagunaparivadanakathaToh 4163
4508Tshul-khrims-kyi gtamToh 4164, Toh 4194
4509SambharaparikathaToh 4166
4510AstaksanakathaToh 4167
4511lta-buhi gtamToh 4163
4512לא אותר
4513Rtsod-pahi hdus-kyi gtamToh 4170
4514Dben-pahi gtamToh 4171, Toh 4172
4515Saptangavidhivimsakakarikaלא אותר
4516Sattvaradhanakarikaלא אותר
4517tshigs-su-bcad-paToh 4392
4518varnasamgrahaToh 3912
4519samgrahaToh 3911
4520לא אותר
4521לא אותר
4522לא אותר
4523bsad-paToh 4180
4524לא אותר
4525sahitasataksararaksaToh 3941
4526לא אותר
4527לא אותר
4528לא אותר
4529Rnog-med rdo-rjeToh 1933, Toh 3978
4530לא אותר
4531לא אותר
4532gshag-paToh 3926
4533gshag-phai hgrel-paToh 3927
4534rnam-par-gshag-paToh 3932
4535YogikalpavighnanibarhanaToh 2456
4536YogavataraToh 4074
4537BhavanayogavataraToh 3918
4538Rnal-hbyor bsgom-pahi lamToh 3909
4539Rnal-hbyor-la hjug-paToh 4074
4540AsubhabhavanakramaToh 1608, Toh 3921
4541KayapariksabhavanakramaToh 3920
4542pahi rim-pahi man-nagToh 1179, Toh 3709, Toh 3922
4543MahamatiToh 1345, Toh 3923
4544YogavataropadesaToh 3711, Toh 4075
4545pahi man-nagToh 4076
4546Ye-ses zla-baToh 3891, Toh 4077
4547SugatamatavibhangakarikaToh 1273, Toh 2657, Toh 2699
4548Yon-tan bdun bstan-pahi gtamToh 3923
4549SiksasamuccayakarikaToh 3939, Toh 3989
4550SiksasamuccayabhisamayaToh 3942
4551Theg-pa chen-po ni-su-paToh 3833
4552SalistambakakarikaToh 3985
4553pohi tshig-lehur-byas-paToh 3836
4554pohi rnam-par-bsad-paToh 3837
4555SvapnacintamaniparikathaToh 4160
4556לא אותר
4557לא אותר
4558Srid-pa hpho-baToh 3840, Toh 4162
45591155, 3810Toh 3942
4560לא אותר
4561לא אותר
4562Mtho-btsun grub rjeToh 1109, Toh 1111
4563Bde-byed bdag-poToh 1112
4564Trisarana(gamana)saptatiToh 3971
4565SadangasaranagamanaToh 3972, Toh 4445
4566VimalaratnalekhaToh 4188
4567Bsgom-pahi rim-paToh 3916

סונגבום

2,679 חיבורים ב־35 מדורי נושא. כאן אין מול מה להשוות, ולא במקרה: הקנג'ור והטנג'ור הם קאנון סגור עם מספור מוסכם, והסונגבום הוא קטגוריה פתוחה — כל אוסף כתבים של כל מורה טיבטי לאורך אלף שנה. אין לו «מספר רשמי» שאפשר להעמיד מולו אחוז.

הסונגבום המלא נאמד בעשרות אלפי חיבורים, כך ש־2,679 הוא מבחר — אך מבחר ממוקד: כל 67 הקבצים של רֶנדאווה, הפירושים של גיאלצאב וקֶדרוּפּ, פאבונגקה, והמילון הטיבטי־טיבטי הגדול. ביחס לעבודת התרגום והקטלוג המתנהלת בפועל, הכיסוי מספיק.

איך זה חושב

The GML Corpus Census

Library holdings set against what officially exists in the Kangyur and the Tengyur · Snapshot of 12 August 2026

Three answers to one question

How many texts does the library hold? It depends what is counted, and the spread is wide enough to mislead:

9,040
files in the library
7,567
text files — 1,470 of them are META record cards, not scripture
6,834
distinct works — one long work sits across many files
CollectionFilesMETATextsWorksEnglish titleSections
Kangyur
ACIP catalogue updated 30 December 2025 (WS)
1,00282920768346 (45%)13
Tengyur
ACIP catalogue updated 27 January 2026 (WS)
3,436163,4203,35348 (1%)16
Sungbum
ACIP catalogue updated 15 June 2026 (WS)
4,5991,3723,2272,6792,554 (95%)35
Library root — support files, not scripture30
Total9,0401,4707,5676,8342,948 (43%)64

The date under each collection is when ACIP last updated its cataloguing and translation of that collection, so the Sungbum here is eight months fresher than the Kangyur. The three root files are the Tohoku catalogue, a TBRC scan and a working note. Kangyur works are counted as distinct Tohoku numbers held, which includes the 265 Lhasa-edition files once mapped; Tengyur likewise by Tohoku number; Sungbum by full ACIP identifier, since it has no canonical numbering.

Kangyur — against the Tohoku catalogue

Compared against Toh 1–1108, Derge edition, using the table of divisions in the Tohoku catalogue held at the library root.

Notes on the Kangyur table
  • The two right-hand columns measure different things. Holdings vs Tohoku says how much of the canonical section is on disk — “complete” means every work of that section is held, nothing more. English says how many of the works held carry an English title from ACIP, and is coloured on its own scale.
  • The Vinaya row is the clearest case: complete holdings and a full set of English titles. The tantra rows are the opposite — nearly complete holdings, almost no English.
  • The 233 Toh numbers reached only through Lhasa-scheme files carry no English field at all, which is why the tantra rows read 1 and 0.
  • Small numbers are not shortfalls: the Vinaya section comprises seven works in the canon itself and the Avatamsaka one. These are sections built from a few enormous works rather than many short ones.
  • One file is filed under the Kangyur but numbered in the Tengyur range — KL04088_LAS GDAGS PA_Naming the Different Kinds of Karma (Karma Prajñapti), which is Toh 4088 of the Abhidharma. It is why the section rows sum to 346 English titles while the collection reports 347. Worth correcting at source.
SectionTohokuOfficialOursEnglishHoldings
vs Tohoku
Vinaya 'DUL BA1–7777 (100%)complete
Perfection of Wisdom SHES PHYIN8–43363634 (94%)complete
Avatamsaka PHAL CHEN44111 (100%)complete
Pile of Jewels DKON BRTZEGS45–93494945 (92%)complete
Sutras MDO SDE94–359266264258 (98%)2 missingToh 199BYANG CHUB SEMS DPA' BYAMS PA DGA' LDAN GNAM DU SKYE BA BLANGS PA'I MDO · META card present, no text file

Toh 216MA SKYES DGRA'I 'GYOD PA BSAL BA · nothing at all
Tantras RGYUD 'BUM360–8274683641 (0%)78%
Ancient Tantras RNYING RGYUD828–84417160 (0%)1 missingToh 829DE BZHIN GSHEGS PA THAMS CAD KYI THUGS GSANG BA'I YE SHES DON GYI SNYING PO RDO RJE BKOD PA'I RGYUD, the KUN 'DUS RIG PA'I MDO — the great Anuyoga tantra of the Nyingma tradition. The only text of this section not held, under either an ACIP number or a Lhasa file.
Wheel of Time DUS 'KHOR845100 (—)absentToh 845DUS KYI 'KHOR LO'I 'GREL BSHAD ... DRI MA MED PA'I 'OD, the Vimalaprabha, the twelve-thousand-line commentary on the Wheel of Time root tantra. It forms a section of the Kangyur by itself, and it is the one text in that section, so the section reads as wholly absent.
Dharani Collection GZUNGS 'DUS846–1108263310 (0%)12%
Kangyur total1–11081,108768346 (45%)partial
Key finding — a near-complete sutra Kangyur with almost no tantra.
  • The sutra side is complete but for two works in MDO SDE: Toh 199 (the sutra of Maitreya's birth in the Ganden heaven) and Toh 216 (Dispelling the Remorse of Ajatashatru).
  • Counted on ACIP KL numbers alone the tantra gap looks like 571. The 265 Lhasa-edition files in the same section supply 233 of them once mapped onto Derge numbers, so the real figure is 338 missing of 749.
  • Almost all of what is missing is the dharani compendium GZUNGS 'DUS — 263 texts in the canon, 31 held.

Tengyur — against the Tohoku catalogue

Compared against Toh 1109–4569. Here the picture is entirely different:

SectionTohokuOfficialOursEnglishHoldings
vs Tohoku
Songs of Praise BSTOD TSOGS1109–1179717144 (62%)complete
Tantra RGYUD1180–37852,6062,6044 (0%)2 missingToh 1199GSANG CHEN DPAL KUN TU KHA SBYOR LAS BYUNG BA'I RGYA CHER BSHAD PA RIN PO CHE'I PHRENG BA · Viravajra · META card, no text

Toh 1503 — Kalakapa · title not recoverable from our index copy · nothing at all
Perfection of Wisdom SHES PHYIN3786–382338370 (0%)1 missingToh 3796SHES RAB KYI PHA ROL TU PHYIN PA'I MAN NGAG GI BSTAN BCOS MNGON PAR RTOGS PA'I RGYAN GYI TSIG LE'UR BYAS PA'I 'GREL BSHAD TSIG RAB TU GSAL BA · Dharmamitra · META, no text
Middle Way DBU MA3824–39801571570 (0%)complete
Sutra Commentaries MDO 'GREL3981–401939390 (0%)complete
Mind Only SEMS TZAM4020–408566660 (0%)complete
Abhidharma MNGON PA4086–410318180 (0%)complete
Vinaya 'DUL BA4104–414946460 (0%)complete
Birth Stories SKYES RABS4150–4157880 (0%)complete
Epistles SPRING YIG4158–420245450 (0%)complete
Logic TSAD MA4203–426866660 (0%)complete
Grammar SGRA MDO4269–430537370 (0%)complete
Medicine GSO BA RIG PA4306–4312770 (0%)complete
Fine Arts BZO RIG PA4313–432715150 (0%)complete
Secular Knowledge LUGS KYI BSTAN BCOS4328–434518180 (0%)complete
Miscellany SNA TSOGS4346–44641191190 (0%)complete
Atisha's Minor Works JO BO'I CHOS CHUNG4465–456710300 (—)75 held elsewhere
Tengyur Catalogue DKAR CHAG4568–4569200 (—)wholly absentToh 4568 — the Derge Tengyur catalogue. …ZLA 'OD GZHON NU'I 'KHRI SHING · a very long title, of which our scan recovers only the end

Toh 4569 — by Zhuchen Tsultrim Rinchen, compiler of the Derge edition · title itself not recoverable from our index copy
Tengyur total1109–45693,4613,35348 (1%)97%
Notes on the Tengyur figures
  • The Tengyur is near-complete section by section, not only in the total. Eleven of the sixteen sections match Tohoku to the exact number — 157 for DBU MA, 66 for TSAD MA, 46 for the Vinaya. That agreement also verifies the counting method itself.
  • 108 works are missing by number, and 105 form a single contiguous block at the endToh 4465–4569, Atisha's minor works followed by the Tengyur catalogue.
  • That block is largely a re-gathering of texts printed in the thematic sections, so 75 of those 103 works are held under a different Tohoku number. The full list is in the collapsible section below.
  • Only three gaps are scattered through the collection: Toh 1199 (Viravajra on the Samputa tantra), Toh 1503, and Toh 3796 (Dharmamitra on the Ornament of Realizations). Two of the three have a META record card but no text file.
  • Medicine and Fine Arts are absent from the local Tohoku scan, which is damaged there. Their ranges — 4306–4312 and 4313–4327 — come from an external source, the Maitripa College Library subject guide (maitripa.org), and agree with the holdings, which are contiguous and without gaps.
List of the 103 works absent from Atisha's minor-works section (Toh 4465–4567)

The third column shows whether the same work is held in the library under a different Tohoku number. In the Derge edition this section is largely a re-gathering of texts also printed in the thematic sections — which is why 75 of the 103 are present here in another copy. Titles were recovered from the local index; for 24 of them the scan is too damaged to recover a title.

TohTitle in the Tohoku catalogueDuplicate held under
4465BodhipathapradipaToh 3947
4466Spyod-pa bsdus-pahi sgron-maToh 3960
4467Bden-pa gnis-la hjug-paToh 3902
4468Dbu-mahi man-nagToh 3929
4469Snin-po bsdus-paToh 3949
4470Snin-po nes-par bsdu-baToh 3950
4471BodhisattvamanyavaliToh 3951
4472not traced
4473Udanakathanot traced
4474not traced
4475not traced
4476EkasmrtyupadesaToh 3928
4477lam-la hjug-pa bstan-paToh 3652, Toh 3952
4478Skyabs-su-hgro-ba bstan-paToh 3953
4479thabs yi-ger bsdus-paToh 3954
4480thabs sin-tu bsdus-paToh 3955
4481bcas-pa yi-ger bris-paToh 3956
4482SutrarthasamuccayopadesaToh 3957
4483not traced
4484Las rnam-par hbyed-paToh 3959
4485not traced
4486not traced
4487snon-du bya-bahi cho-gaToh 3975
4488tsha gdab-pahi cho-gaToh 3976
4489Bla-mahi bya-bahi rim-paToh 3977
4490gahi rim-paToh 3969
4491BodhisattvasamvaravidhiToh 3967, Toh 3976
4492BodhicittotpadavidhiToh 3966
4493dam blan-bahi cho-gaToh 3968
4494not traced
4495Dad skyed sgron-manot traced
4496Bses-pahi sprin-yigToh 4182, Toh 4382
4497SisyalekhaToh 4183
4498MaharajakaniskalekhaToh 4184
4499Don-yod hcharToh 4333
4500Rab-hbyor zla-ba (Subhuticandra)Toh 4181
4501byed-paToh 4328
4502not traced
4503not traced
4504not traced
4505Mya-nan bsal-baToh 4177
4506SaptakumarikavadanaToh 4147
4507SaptagunaparivadanakathaToh 4163
4508Tshul-khrims-kyi gtamToh 4164, Toh 4194
4509SambharaparikathaToh 4166
4510AstaksanakathaToh 4167
4511lta-buhi gtamToh 4163
4512not traced
4513Rtsod-pahi hdus-kyi gtamToh 4170
4514Dben-pahi gtamToh 4171, Toh 4172
4515Saptangavidhivimsakakarikanot traced
4516Sattvaradhanakarikanot traced
4517tshigs-su-bcad-paToh 4392
4518varnasamgrahaToh 3912
4519samgrahaToh 3911
4520not traced
4521not traced
4522not traced
4523bsad-paToh 4180
4524not traced
4525sahitasataksararaksaToh 3941
4526not traced
4527not traced
4528not traced
4529Rnog-med rdo-rjeToh 1933, Toh 3978
4530not traced
4531not traced
4532gshag-paToh 3926
4533gshag-phai hgrel-paToh 3927
4534rnam-par-gshag-paToh 3932
4535YogikalpavighnanibarhanaToh 2456
4536YogavataraToh 4074
4537BhavanayogavataraToh 3918
4538Rnal-hbyor bsgom-pahi lamToh 3909
4539Rnal-hbyor-la hjug-paToh 4074
4540AsubhabhavanakramaToh 1608, Toh 3921
4541KayapariksabhavanakramaToh 3920
4542pahi rim-pahi man-nagToh 1179, Toh 3709, Toh 3922
4543MahamatiToh 1345, Toh 3923
4544YogavataropadesaToh 3711, Toh 4075
4545pahi man-nagToh 4076
4546Ye-ses zla-baToh 3891, Toh 4077
4547SugatamatavibhangakarikaToh 1273, Toh 2657, Toh 2699
4548Yon-tan bdun bstan-pahi gtamToh 3923
4549SiksasamuccayakarikaToh 3939, Toh 3989
4550SiksasamuccayabhisamayaToh 3942
4551Theg-pa chen-po ni-su-paToh 3833
4552SalistambakakarikaToh 3985
4553pohi tshig-lehur-byas-paToh 3836
4554pohi rnam-par-bsad-paToh 3837
4555SvapnacintamaniparikathaToh 4160
4556not traced
4557not traced
4558Srid-pa hpho-baToh 3840, Toh 4162
45591155, 3810Toh 3942
4560not traced
4561not traced
4562Mtho-btsun grub rjeToh 1109, Toh 1111
4563Bde-byed bdag-poToh 1112
4564Trisarana(gamana)saptatiToh 3971
4565SadangasaranagamanaToh 3972, Toh 4445
4566VimalaratnalekhaToh 4188
4567Bsgom-pahi rim-paToh 3916

Sungbum

2,679 works across 35 subject sections. Here there is nothing to compare against, and not by accident: the Kangyur and the Tengyur are a closed canon with an agreed numbering, whereas the Sungbum is an open category — the collected writings of every Tibetan master across a thousand years. It has no “official number” against which a percentage could be set.

The full Sungbum is reckoned in the tens of thousands of works, so 2,679 is a selection — but a focused one: all 67 of Rendawa's files, the commentaries of Gyaltsab and Kedrup, Pabongka, and the great Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary. Against the translation and cataloguing work actually under way, the coverage is sufficient.

Holdings by subject section

35 sections, ordered by size; the bar is proportional to the largest. Every row keeps opening — section, sub-section, author — down to the individual texts, each shown with its ACIP identifier, its Tibetan title and ACIP's English rendering. Long names are truncated on screen; hovering shows the full name.

Notes on the Sungbum figures
  • Read the section figures as filings, not works. The 35 sections sum to 3,063 while the collection holds 2,679 distinct works: 384 works are filed under more than one section — Rendawa alone appears in 12 folders. Adding sections overstates the collection by about 14%.
  • The section figures are totals; they do not say how much has been translated.
  • 2,554 of 2,679 works carry an English title. The 125 that do not are less untranslated than uncatalogued: 77 have a filename consisting of nothing but an identifier, 20 a Tibetan title and nothing more, 22 a Tibetan title with an author, and 6 have a field out of place.
  • Those records are the same ones listed in the cataloguing work list below, which counts files and answers a different question — what is missing an author.

When their authors lived

By the century in which the author was born. Two charts, because they answer two questions. The collection is not spread evenly across a thousand years.

How many people were born in each century

110th
411th
512th
613th
714th
915th
216th
1617th
1718th
1919th
1620th

102 authors whose dates are recorded.

How many filings those people account for

610th
411th
812th
2113th
42714th
11015th
28516th
33317th
83418th
24819th
13020th

The same people, counted by what they wrote. The two shapes differ: the 14th century holds 7 people and 427 filings — Tsongkapa and his students — while the 19th holds 19 people and 248 filings. Ngulchu Dharma Bhadra alone accounts for 575 of the 18th.

Most represented authors

AuthorWorks
DNGUL CHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851) +12 spelling variants
NGULCHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851)
575
RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419) +6 spelling variants
JE TSONGKAPA LOBSANG DRAKPA (1357-1419)
313
PAn CHEN BLO BZANG CHOS KYI RGYAL MTSAN (1565-1662) +14 spelling variants
PANCHEN LOBSANG CHUKYI GYELTSEN (1565-1662)
282
LCANG SKYA NGAG DBANG BLO BZANG CHOS LDAN (1642-1714) +8 spelling variants
CHANGKYA NGAWANG LOBSANG CHUNDEN (1642-1714)
104
'JAM DBYANGS BZHAD PA'I RDO RJE NGAG DBANG BRTZON 'GRUS (1648-1721) +10 spelling variants
JAMYANG SHEPAY DORJE NGAWANG TSUNDRU (1648-1721)
99
SKYABS RJE PHA BONG KHA PA BDE CHEN SNYING PO (1878-1941) +5 spelling variants
Kyabje Pabongkapa Dechen Nyingpo (1878-1941)
93
GUNG THANG DKON MCHOG BSTAN PA'I SGRON ME (1762-1823) +5 spelling variants
GUNGTANG KONCHOK TENPAY DRUNME (1762-1823)
71
SKYABS RJE KHRI BYANG RIN PO CHE (1901-1981) +5 spelling variants53
CHA HAR DGE BSHES BLO BZANG TSUL KHRIMS (1740-1810) +2 spelling variants
CHAHAR GESHE LOBSANG TSULTRIM (1740-1810)
51
RED MDA' BA GZHON NU BLO GROS (1349-1412) +1 spelling variants
RENDAWA SHUNNU LODRU (1349-1412)
48
LCANG LUNG AARYA PAndI TA NGAG DBANG BLO BZANG BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSAN (1770-1845)
CHANGLUNG ARYA PANDITA NGAWANG LOBSANG TENPAY GYELTSEN (1770-1845)
42
RGYAL BA DGE 'DUN RGYA MTSO (1476-1542) +4 spelling variants
HIS HOLINESS THE SECOND DALAI LAMA, GYALWA GENDUN GYATSO (1476-1542)
41
Notes on the author list
  • Names are fragmented in the source data. 286 author strings resolve to 153 people; 43 of them are split across more than one spelling. The Panchen Lama is assembled from 15, Ngulchu Dharma Bhadra from 13.
  • Matching identical text after stripping spaces and punctuation is not enough — the same man appears with a substituted letter (CHAN for CHEN), a dropped one (GYAL for RGYAL), and a mistyped year (1562 for 1565). Names are clustered by similarity instead. Filenames are untouched; variants are named inside each entry.
  • Search in Tibetan, not English. ACIP puts the author's Tibetan name in the filename and the English name only in the folder name, so the list is Tibetan throughout; an English form appears in grey for 43 of the 153. CHUJE KALKA NGAWANG PELDEN finds nothing — the entry is CHOS RJE KHAL KHA NGAG DBANG DPAL LDAN (1806-@), 30 works, three spellings.
  • A sync-conflict suffix can push the name off the filename. S05912E exists twice, byte for byte identical; on one copy Dropbox appended (Philip Baker's conflicted copy 2022-12-10), hit the 255-character ceiling and truncated the author to PAn CHEN BLO, which then read as a separate author.
  • Ten files carry such a suffix, across the Kangyur and the Sungbum; it is stripped before the author list is built. acip_corpus.py conflicted lists them for correction at source.
  • An author field can name several authors. S00206I reads DGE BSHES SKAL BZANG RNAM RGYAL; @; PAn CHEN BLO BZANG CHOS KYI RGYAL MTSAN (1565-1662) — three hands. Read as one string it became a phantom author and credited none of them; the field is split on the semicolon and each name credited.
  • ACIP files that one file in three folders, one per contributing author — identical name, size and checksum. Deliberate, so the work is findable under each; works are now shown once per entry.
  • Near-matches are judged once and the verdict kept. Every pair the ordinal and birth-year guards leave apart is recorded in decisions.json with its reason, so repeated runs give the same figures. First pass: 16 questions — 12 the same author, 4 not. Changkya now stands at 103 works from 8 spellings, Gungtang at 71 from 6.
  • Held apart deliberately: the second and third Panchen Lamas, and two men two centuries apart who share the name DBYANGS CAN DGA' BA'I BLO GROS. One file also contradicts itself — PAN CHEN BLA MA SKU PHRENG GSUM PA BLO BZANG YE SHES (1663-) gives the third Panchen's ordinal with the second's name and dates — and is left visible rather than folded away.
  • A top-level folder named Unknown Kangyur holds KX00319E with a note from ACIP: the text was found in the collected works of Changlung Arya Pandita and could not be placed with confidence. It sits at the library root, and folders are matched on name as well as numbering so it is classified as Kangyur, not swept into the Sungbum by default.
Every author in the collection153
Filenames the author had to be read out of25

These filenames deviate from the id_Tibetan_English_AUTHOR format in two distinct ways. Both are handled; they are listed because the filenames may be worth correcting at source.

9 files — the author is glued to the title with no underscore before it

9 files — the author is glued to the title with no underscore before it, and is recovered by pattern. The name is taken as the closing run of capitals, which is how ACIP writes Tibetan names, so that title words are not absorbed into it. Where there is no English title at all the author is glued to the Tibetan title, which is also in capitals; nothing marks the boundary and the entry is flagged for a human.

ACIPAuthorFilename tail as stored
S00416MKHAM LUNG PA (1232-@)…Pain of the Six Different Types of Living Beings KHAM LUNG PA (1232-@)
S00219EYID GSAL BA'I SGRON MEAA KY'A YONGS 'DZIN BLO BZANG DON GRUB DBYANGS CAN DGA' BA'I BLO GROS (1774-1829) check by hand…GS 'DZIN BLO BZANG DON GRUB DBYANGS CAN DGA' BA'I BLO GROS (1774-1829)
S06370EN5DNGUL CHU DHARMABHADRA (1772-1851)…e Angel of Appearances (Vairochana) DNGUL CHU DHARMABHADRA (1772-1851)
S00219EYID GSAL BA'I SGRON MEAA KY'A YONGS 'DZIN BLO BZANG DON GRUB DBYANGS CAN DGA' BA'I BLO GROS (1774-1829) check by hand…GS 'DZIN BLO BZANG DON GRUB DBYANGS CAN DGA' BA'I BLO GROS (1774-1829)
S00312MSKYABS RJE PHA BONG KHA PA BDE CHEN SNYING PO (1878-1941)…ecret Worlds SKYABS RJE PHA BONG KHA PA BDE CHEN SNYING PO (1878-1941)
S12264EKenchen (1639-@)… from the Collected Works of that King of the Dharma, Kenchen (1639-@)
S05275E74RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)…e Diamond (Manjuvajra) RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)
S05421ERGYAL TSAB DAR MA RIN CHEN (1364-1432)…Secret Collection (Guhyasamaja) RGYAL TSAB DAR MA RIN CHEN (1364-1432)
S05328ERJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)…Highest Bliss (Sambara)RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)
16 files — nothing is glued; one of the two title slots is empty

16 files — nothing is glued; one of the two title slots is empty, so the author sits in the third field instead of the fourth. It is properly delimited here and needs no repair.

ACIPAuthorFilename tail as stored
S00419MGSER GLING PA CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (@-@)… 'KHOB 'DUL BA'I DON LA GDAMS PA_GSER GLING PA CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (@-@)
S05275MC4RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)…S05275MC4_[Untitled]_RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)
S00038FGeshe Michael Roach (1952-@)…ntroduction to Overview of the Middle Way_Geshe Michael Roach (1952-@)
S00041NGESHE MICHAEL ROACH (1952-@)…n to 'Notes on the Art of Interpretation'_GESHE MICHAEL ROACH (1952-@)
S6370EC2DNGUL CHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851)…the Syllable 'Dhi' on One's Tongue_DNGUL CHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851)
S05392LRJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)…G CHUB LAM RIM CHE BA_RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419)
S05562ERGYAL BA DGE 'DUN RGYA MTSO (1476-1542)…of the Holy and Omniscient One_RGYAL BA DGE 'DUN RGYA MTSO (1476-1542)
S00382MGSER GLING PA CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (@-@)…aming People in a Barbarian Land_GSER GLING PA CHOS KYI GRAGS PA (@-@)
S00200ASER SMAD MKHAN ZUR RIN PO CHE DGE BSHES BLO BZANG MTHAR PHYIN (1921-2004)… SMAD MKHAN ZUR RIN PO CHE DGE BSHES BLO BZANG MTHAR PHYIN (1921-2004)
S19109ECO NE BLA MA GRAGS PA BSHAD SGRUB (1675-1748)…SAL BAR BYED PA'I NYI MA_CO NE BLA MA GRAGS PA BSHAD SGRUB (1675-1748)
S00199ASER SMAD MKHAN ZUR RIN PO CHE DGE BSHES BLO BZANG MTHAR PHYIN (1921-2004)… SMAD MKHAN ZUR RIN PO CHE DGE BSHES BLO BZANG MTHAR PHYIN (1921-2004)
S6370EC2DNGUL CHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851)…the Syllable 'Dhi' on One's Tongue_DNGUL CHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851)
S19111EDBYANGS CAN GRUB PA'I RDO RJES (1809-1887)…BOD PA'I LHA'I RNGA DBYANGS_DBYANGS CAN GRUB PA'I RDO RJES (1809-1887)
S12058ECHA HAR DGE BSHES BLO BZANG TSUL KHRIMS (1740-1810)…igned for Easy Use_CHA HAR DGE BSHES BLO BZANG TSUL KHRIMS (1740-1810)
S00039FGeshe Michael Roach (1952-@)…entary on Valid Perception, Chapters 3-4'_Geshe Michael Roach (1952-@)
S00205ASER SMAD MKHAN RIN PO CHE DGE BSHES BLO BZANG MTHAR PHYIN MCHOG (1921-2004)…MAD MKHAN RIN PO CHE DGE BSHES BLO BZANG MTHAR PHYIN MCHOG (1921-2004)
One conflicted copy is not a duplicate — S00049L
  • Both files hold Pabongka Rinpoche's THUN DRUG GI RNAL 'BYOR RGYAS BSDUS, the Six-Session Yoga in its long and brief forms, 488 lines. They are identical everywhere except one word on line 249.
  • Clean copy: …LOG 9 LTA GRO · conflicted copy: …LOG 9 LTA GROD
  • Line 251 continues SOGS 'JOMS 10, so the word must be GRONGwrong view (9); destroying towns and the like (10). The full phrase survives as LOG LTA GRONG SOGS 'JOMS in S00318M, another work by the same author.
  • Neither version is right. One lost the final NG, the other carries D in its place. Correcting it needs a human and the printed source.

Every file accounted for

Before any figure above can be trusted, each of the 9,040 files on disk has to fall into exactly one bucket and the buckets have to sum to the total. They do.

What it isFilesCounted as a text?
META sidecar — a catalogue card, not scripture1,470no
Text carrying an ACIP identifier7,297yes
Text in the Lhasa-edition scheme acip-k_lha_sa-VOL-ITEM265yes, but not by Tohoku number
Support files at the library root — the Tohoku catalogue, a TBRC scan, a working note3no
No identifier at all — listed below5see below
Total on disk9,040balances
Notes — the 265 Lhasa-edition files
  • They all sit in 12. RGYUD, numbered by Lhasa volume and item rather than by Tohoku, so they cannot be set against the Toh ranges without a concordance.
  • The concordance comes from rKTs, which gives every Lhasa text (H) and every Derge text (D) a shared identifier. 251 of the 265 resolved; as a check, 199 of the 218 carrying a Tibetan title agree with the rKTs title.
  • Tantra section Toh 360–1108, official 749: 178 held under ACIP KL numbers, 233 more supplied by the Lhasa files, 411 in all — 338 missing, not 571.
  • All 240 Derge numbers reached fall in RGYUD 'BUM (219) and RNYING RGYUD (16), none in GZUNGS 'DUS. The Lhasa Kangyur does not gather the dharanis into a separate section, so nothing there can fill that gap.
  • The dharani compendium is the thin part of this collection: 263 texts in the canon, 31 held.
Notes — files with no identifier
  • Four genuine texts carry no identifier of any kind, so no count keyed on one can see them: the Guhyasamaja root tantra (219 KB) and its continuation RGYUD PHYI MA (35 KB), both in Kangyur VOL 4 (NGA), plus two practice texts in the Sungbum.
  • The fifth unidentified file is not scripture but ACIP's own note explaining the origin of KX00319E.

How this was counted