Task 1 — Verifying the 73 Collections Against Our Sungbum

Of the collections that matched our catalogue by author, how much do we really hold · 21 August 2026

The census flagged 74 collections as “already in our Sungbum” because their author has works in our catalogue. This task checks how real that is. The reliable measure is coverage health — how many catalogue works we hold per volume of the collection. (A per-title match is not reliable here: Tibetan spelling varies between the scan and our catalogue — e.g. RGYUD vs BRGYUD — and most of these volumes carry no table of contents to read titles from.) Together these 74 collections map to 1,647 distinct works already in our Sungbum (of 6,867 total).

collections checked

well-catalogued (≥2 works/volume)

thin — mostly still new

1,647

distinct works already ours

The honest finding. The “73 already-ours” label was too generous. Only 49 are genuinely well-catalogued; 25 matched on only a handful of works by a same-named author and are mostly still new — e.g. Thuken (22 volumes, but only 2 works in our catalogue). And even a well-matched collection can have uncatalogued volumes: Rendawa’s vols 1–3 are in, but its vols 4–9 works (Lung kun las btus pa, Phar phyin rin chen spungs pa) are confirmed absent from our catalogue. So the real new-material frontier is larger than the earlier 135 — the 25 thin collections here join it. Rigorous per-work completeness (exactly which works are missing) comes from the deep reading pass (Task 2’s method), collection by collection.

Coverage of the 74 collections

Sorted by volumes. “Cat works” = works by this author in our catalogue. “W/vol” = catalogue works per volume (coverage health). “TOC” = volumes with a readable dkar chag.

Collection	Vols	Cat works	W/vol	TOC	Verdict
CHOS KYI RGYAL MTSAN GYIS MDZAD PA'I DUS 'KHOR GYI	49	33	0.67	0/49	thin — mostly still new
BLO BZANG RTA DBYANGS KY — collected works	33	30	0.91	2/33	thin — mostly still new
BLA MA DAM BA THU'U BKVAN BLO BZANG CHOS KYI NYI M	22	2	0.09	9/22	thin — mostly still new
grags-pa-bshad-sgrub	16	31	1.94	3/16	thin — mostly still new
CO NE BA GRAGS PA BSHAD SGRUB KY — collected works	14	31	2.21	1/14	well-catalogued
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JAM DBYANGS BZHAD PAA RDO R	13	111	8.54	2/13	well-catalogued
dalai07-skal-bzang-rgya-mtsho	13	3	0.23	1/13	thin — mostly still new
DONG CHEN KERTI BLO BZANG 'PHRIN LAS KY — collecte	13	3	0.23	7/13	thin — mostly still new
sle-lung-blo-bzang-'phrin-las	12	9	0.75	0/12	thin — mostly still new
SANGS RGYAS YE SHES KY — collected works	11	2	0.18	0/11	thin — mostly still new
BO DONG PHYOGS LAS RNAM RGYAL GY — collected works	10	10	1.0	10/10	thin — mostly still new
BLA MA DAM BA MKHAS SHING GRUB PA'I DBANG PHYUG BR	10	374	37.4	0/10	well-catalogued
dkon-mchog-'jigs-med-dbang-po	9	10	1.11	0/9	thin — mostly still new
RVA SGRENG NGAG DBANG BLO BZANG 'JAM DPAL RNAM RGY	9	45	5.0	0/9	well-catalogued
BLO BZANG DPAL LDAN YE SHES DPAL BZANG PO — collec	8	197	24.62	3/8	well-catalogued
RED MDA' BA GZHON NU BLO GROS KY — collected works	8	63	7.88	7/8	well-catalogued
I TA NGAG DBANG BLO BZANG BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSAN D	8	93	11.62	3/8	well-catalogued
THAMS CAD MKHYEN PA DGE 'DUN RGYA MTSO DPAL BZANG	7	47	6.71	6/7	well-catalogued
SKYABS RJE YONGS 'DZIN KHRI BYANG RDO RJE 'CHANG C	7	53	7.57	0/7	well-catalogued
JAM DBYANGS BZHAD PA'I RDO RJE DKON MCHO 'JIGS MED	6	121	20.17	1/6	well-catalogued
blo-bzang-nor-bu-shes-rab	6	32	5.33	0/6	well-catalogued
THAMS CAD MKHYEN PA DGE LEGS DPAL BZANG PO — colle	5	1	0.2	0/5	thin — mostly still new
cha-har-dge-bshes	5	51	10.2	0/5	well-catalogued
chu-bzang-ye-shes-rgya-mtsho	5	1	0.2	0/5	thin — mostly still new
dalai01-dge-'dun-grub	5	21	4.2	0/5	well-catalogued
dkon-mchog-rgyal-mtshan	5	1	0.2	0/5	thin — mostly still new
lcang-skya-3-rol-pa'i-rdo-rje	5	5	1.0	1/5	thin — mostly still new
BLO BZANG CHOS KYI RGYAL MTSAN DPAL BZANG PO — col	5	315	63.0	1/5	well-catalogued
pha-bong-kha	5	93	18.6	5/5	well-catalogued
PHUR LCOG NGAG DBANG BYAMS PA — collected works	5	5	1.0	3/5	thin — mostly still new
SPYAN SNGA RIN PO CHE — collected works	5	1	0.2	3/5	thin — mostly still new
THAMS CAD MKHYEN PA TZONG KHA PA CHEN PO BLO BZANG	4	316	79.0	2/4	well-catalogued
DREN MCHOG DAM PA CHOS KYI RJE NAM MKHA' SENG GE D	4	2	0.5	3/4	thin — mostly still new
CHOS KYI RJE NGAG DBANG GRAGS PA — collected works	4	44	11.0	1/4	well-catalogued
SKYABS RJE BKA' DRIN ZLA MED KHANG GSAR RDO RJE 'C	4	1	0.25	4/4	thin — mostly still new
GUNG RU RGYAL MTSAN BZANG PO — collected works	3	341	113.67	0/3	well-catalogued
DGE BSHES YE SHES DBANG PHYUG G — collected works	3	14	4.67	0/3	well-catalogued
che-shos	3	38	12.67	1/3	well-catalogued
BLA MA DBYANGS CAN GRUB PA'I RDO RJE — collected w	3	7	2.33	1/3	well-catalogued
CHEN BSOD NAMS GRAGS PA — collected works	3	4	1.33	2/3	thin — mostly still new
lcang-skya-2-ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-chos-ldan	3	166	55.33	1/3	well-catalogued
MDO SMAD BKRA SHIS 'KHYIL GYI MKHAS DBANG RJE BLO	2	20	10.0	0/2	well-catalogued
JAM DBYANGS DGA' BA'I BLO GROS KY — collected work	2	2	1.0	0/2	thin — mostly still new
YONGS RDZOGS BSTAN PA'I MNGA' BDAG RJE BTZUN BLO B	2	36	18.0	1/2	well-catalogued
GRUB PA'I DBANG PHYUG CHEN PO BLO BZANG DON GRUB K	2	3	1.5	2/2	thin — mostly still new
rdo-sbis-dge-bshes-shes-rab-rgya-mtsho	2	12	6.0	0/2	well-catalogued
'jam-dbyangs-bzhad-pa'i-rdo-rje	1	111	111.0	1/1	well-catalogued
cha-har-dge-bshes-blo-bzang-tshul-khrims-P4797	1	51	51.0	0/1	well-catalogued
che-shos-3-blo-bzang-byang-chub-bstan-pa'i-sgron-m	1	39	39.0	0/1	well-catalogued
blo-bzang-lhun-grub-P4820	1	2	2.0	0/1	well-catalogued
CHEN PO AA KY'A YONGS 'DZIN RIN PO CHE — collected	1	1	1.0	1/1	thin — mostly still new
gung-thang-blo-gros-rgya-mtsho-P31 02-W138	1	10	10.0	0/1	well-catalogued
gung-thang-blo-gros-rgya-mtsho-P31 08-W2CZ6655	1	10	10.0	0/1	well-catalogued
gung-thang-blo-gros-rgya-mtsho-P31 06-W28990	1	10	10.0	0/1	well-catalogued
gung-thang-blo-gros-rgya-mtsho-P31 14-W30083	1	10	10.0	0/1	well-catalogued
gung-thang-blo-gros-rgya-mtsho-P31 15-W30086	1	10	10.0	0/1	well-catalogued
gung-thang-blo-gros-rgya-mtsho-P31 03-W147	1	10	10.0	0/1	well-catalogued
sle-lung-rje-drung-bzhad-pa'i-rdo-rje-P675	1	2	2.0	0/1	well-catalogued
pha-bong-kha-pa-bde-chen-snying-po-P230-08	1	93	93.0	1/1	well-catalogued
pan-chen-4-bstan-pa'i-nyi-ma-P285	1	13	13.0	0/1	well-catalogued
pan-chen-3-dpal-ldan-ye-shes-P168-04	1	64	64.0	0/1	well-catalogued
RED MDA' BA — collected works	1	63	63.0	0/1	well-catalogued
S05518_BCOM LDAN 'DAS DPAL RDO RJE 'JIGS BYED CHEN	1	4	4.0	0/1	well-catalogued
ZHI LAM ‘BRAS GSUM PHYAG RGYA CHEN PO’I NGO BO NGO	1	1	1.0	0/1	thin — mostly still new
kun mkhyen 'jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rnam thar_W2169	1	3	3.0	1/1	well-catalogued
kun mkhyen 'jam dbyangs bzhad pa ngag dbang brtson	1	109	109.0	0/1	well-catalogued
ngag dbang bkra shis kyi rnam thar zung 'jug grub	1	1	1.0	0/1	thin — mostly still new
ngag dbang bkra shis dpal bzang po'i rnam par thar	1	2	2.0	0/1	well-catalogued
'jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje'i rnam par thar pa	1	3	3.0	0/1	well-catalogued
S05832_RGYAS PA'I BSTAN BCOS TSAD MA RNAM 'GREL GY	1	32	32.0	0/1	well-catalogued
MKHAS PA'I DBANG PO AA LAG SHA BSTAN DAR LHA RAMS	1	29	29.0	1/1	well-catalogued
RIG PA 'DZIN PA CHEN PO CHOS KYI GRAGS PA — collec	1	4	4.0	1/1	well-catalogued
B NA PADMO RGYAL DBANG SKU PHRENG GSUM PA BSOD NAM	1	107	107.0	1/1	well-catalogued
SGRUB CHEN RIN PO CHE PHYAG RDOR BA — collected wo	1	1	1.0	0/1	thin — mostly still new

Generated 21 August 2026 from bin/verify73.py + verify73.json. Coverage-health is reliable (catalogue + volume counts); per-work completeness follows from the deep read. Self-contained; day/night toggle.