It depends what is counted — and the spread is wide enough to mislead:
| Collection | Files | META | Texts | Works | English | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kangyur Library last updated 20 August 2026 | 1,014 | 84 | 930 | 545 | 349 (64%) | 14 |
| Tengyur Library last updated 20 August 2026 | 3,440 | 17 | 3,423 | 3,356 | 49 (1%) | 16 |
| Sungbum Library last updated 20 August 2026 | 4,626 | 1,374 | 3,252 | 2,705 | 2,582 (95%) | 34 |
| Library root — support files, not scripture | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 9,080 | 1,475 | 7,605 | 6,606 | 2,980 | 64 |
Works are counted the same way as each collection’s structure page — the numeric core of the ACIP id for the Kangyur and Tengyur, and one catalogued work per record for the Sungbum (so a series of sadhanas under one work counts once, matching the Sungbum structure page). The column sums to the total: 545 + 3,356 + 2,705 = 6,606. The catalogue manages 6,867 records in all — a little more, because a work can sit on more than one shelf and separate editions are kept apart. Each collection name links to its full, clickable structure page.
Our own count above is what we hold. For scholars, here is how it maps to the standard Derge / Tohoku index — a comparison, kept separate and collapsible:
The completeness lens against the Derge / Tohoku index — not our own shelving. The 233 Tohoku numbers reached only through Lhasa-scheme files carry no English field, which is why the tantra rows read low on English. Browse the full structure at kangyur-structure.html.
| Section | Tohoku | Official | Ours | English | Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowed Morality ('DUL BA) | 1–7 | 7 | 7 | 7 (100%) | complete |
| Perfection of Wisdom (SHER PHYIN) | 8–43 | 36 | 36 | 34 (94%) | complete |
| The Majority (PHAL CHEN) | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 (100%) | complete |
| Pile of Jewels (DKON BRTZEGS) | 45–93 | 49 | 49 | 45 (92%) | complete |
| Collection of Sutras (MDO SDE) | 94–359 | 266 | 264 | 258 (98%) | 2 missing |
| RGYUD 'BUM | 360–827 | 468 | 359 | 1 (0%) | 77% |
| RNYING RGYUD | 828–844 | 17 | 12 | 0 (0%) | 5 missing |
| Wheel of Time (DUS 'KHOR) | 845 | 1 | 0 | 0 (—) | absent |
| Secret Formula (GZUNGS 'DUS) | 846–1108 | 263 | 31 | 0 (0%) | 12% |
| Kangyur total | 1–1108 | 1,108 | 759 | 346 (46%) | partial |
The completeness lens against the Derge / Tohoku index — not our own shelving. The Tengyur is a commentary canon; very little of it carries an English title yet. Browse the full structure at tengyur-structure.html.
| Section | Tohoku | Official | Ours | English | Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songs of Praise | 1109–1179 | 71 | 71 | 44 (62%) | complete |
| Tantra | 1180–3785 | 2,606 | 2,604 | 4 (0%) | 2 missing |
| Perfection of Wisdom | 3786–3823 | 38 | 37 | 0 (0%) | 1 missing |
| Middle Way | 3824–3980 | 157 | 157 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Sutra Commentaries | 3981–4019 | 39 | 39 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Mind Only | 4020–4085 | 66 | 66 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Abhidharma | 4086–4103 | 18 | 18 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Vinaya | 4104–4149 | 46 | 46 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Birth Stories | 4150–4157 | 8 | 8 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Epistles | 4158–4202 | 45 | 45 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Logic | 4203–4268 | 66 | 66 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Grammar | 4269–4305 | 37 | 37 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Medicine | 4306–4312 | 7 | 7 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Fine Arts | 4313–4327 | 15 | 15 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Secular Knowledge | 4328–4345 | 18 | 18 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Miscellany | 4346–4464 | 119 | 119 | 0 (0%) | complete |
| Tengyur total | 1109–4464 | 3,356 | 3,353 | 48 (1%) | partial |
2,705 works across 34 subject sections. Here there is nothing to compare against, and not by accident: the Kangyur and 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, with no “official number” to set a percentage against. The full page — every work and part, clickable →
34 sections, ordered by size; the bar is proportional to the largest.
By the century in which the author was born. Two charts, because they answer two questions.
106 authors whose dates are recorded.
| Author | Works |
|---|---|
| DNGUL CHU DHARMA BHADRA (1772-1851) | 577 |
| RJE TZONG KHA PA BLO BZANG GRAGS PA (1357-1419) | 314 |
| PAn CHEN BLO BZANG CHOS KYI RGYAL MTSAN (1565-1662) | 282 |
| LCANG SKYA NGAG DBANG BLO BZANG CHOS LDAN (1642-1714) | 104 |
| 'JAM DBYANGS BZHAD PA'I RDO RJE NGAG DBANG BRTZON 'GRUS (1648-1721) | 103 |
| SKYABS RJE PHA BONG KHA PA BDE CHEN SNYING PO (1878-1941) | 94 |
| GUNG THANG DKON MCHOG BSTAN PA'I SGRON ME (1762-1823) | 71 |
| RED MDA' BA GZHON NU BLO GROS (1349-1412) | 64 |
| SKYABS RJE KHRI BYANG RIN PO CHE (1901-1981) | 52 |
| CHA HAR DGE BSHES BLO BZANG TSUL KHRIMS (1740-1810) | 51 |
| LCANG LUNG AARYA PAndI TA NGAG DBANG BLO BZANG BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSAN (1770-1845) | 42 |
| RGYAL BA DGE 'DUN RGYA MTSO (1476-1542) | 41 |
| PAN CHEN BLA MA SKU PHRENG GSUM PA DPAL LDAN YE SHES (1738-1780) | 39 |
| CHE SHOS RIN PO CHE BLO BZANG BYANG CHUB BSTAN PA'I SGRON ME (1861-1933) | 38 |
| CHOS RJE KHAL KHA NGAG DBANG DPAL LDAN (1806-@) | 32 |