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1. Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC)

Columbia University continues to purchase the digital Core Text Collections produced annually by the BDRC.  As a result, Columbia faculty and students may access the following scanned texts at any campus computer or via an off-campus proxy (UNI required). Please note that the BDRC website is not optimally viewed in Internet Explorer.

a)       Choni Kangyur  (Co ne bka' 'gyur)

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW1PD96685

b)       Derge Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW30532

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW4CZ5369

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW22084

c)        Narthang Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW22703

d)       Kangxi or Peking Edition

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW1PD96684

e)       Bonpo Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW21872

f)         Lhasa Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW26071

g)        Litang or Jang Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW4PD3142

h)       Shel Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW1PD127393

i)       Mongolian Urga Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW29468

j)       Mongolian Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/WA4CZ5370

k)        Gondhla (Indian) Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW1PD128753

2. Other Digital Versions

a)     Tempangma edition of Kangyur (DVD, 7 discs)

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/8369607

b)     Peking Manuscript edition of Kangyur (DVD, 5 discs)

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/8369573

c)     Comparative Edition of the Kangyur

http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW1PD96682

a)     Narthang Kangyur

(blocks carved in 1733; 1930s original woodblock print edition)

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/5068075

b)     Comparative Edition of the the Kangyur (2006)

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7523097

c)     Lhasa Zhol Kangyur

Housed in the Tibetan Pecha Reading Area in the 100-Level of the Starr Library.

d)     Derge Kangyur

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/2651182

American Institute of Buddhist Studies : Bibliographic Database. (requires login)

Catalogue Du Kanjur tibétain De l'édition De ʾJang Sa-Tham. Bibliographia Philologica Buddhica. Series Maior ; 2., edited by Imaeda, Yoshiro. Tokyo: International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1982.

Chibetto Daizōkyō sōmokuroku, edited by Tōhoku Teikoku Daigaku. Hōbun Gakubu. Tōkyō: Meicho Shuppan, 1970.

The Early Mustang Kanjur Catalogue : A Structured Edition of the Mdo sṅags Bkaʾ ʾgyur Dkar Chag and of Ṅor Chen Kun Dgaʾ Bzaṅ Po's bKaʾ ʾgyur Ro Cog Gi Dkar Chag Bstan Pa Gsal baʾi Sgron Me. Wiener Studien Zur Tibetologie Und Buddhismuskunde ; Heft 45., edited by Ṅor-chen Kun-dgaʾ-bzaṅ-po, Helmut Eimer. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 1999.

Gimello, Robert M. A Catalog of the Snar-thaṅ Bkaḥ-ḥgyur at Columbia University. New York: East Asian Library, Columbia University, 1967.

Library of Tibetan Works & Archives. Phug-Brag Bkaʾ-ʾgyur Bris maʾi Dkar Chag = A Catalogue of the Phug-Brag Manuscript, Kanjur, edited by Jampa Samten. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1992.

Ṅag-dbaṅ-nor-bu. Mi Dbaṅ Pho-Lha-baʾi Gser Bris Bstan Gyur Srid źiʾi Rgyan Gcig Gi Dkar Chag. Par theṅs 1. ed. Pe-cin: Mi rigs dpe skrun khaṅ, 2004.

Ōtani Daigaku. Chibetto Daizōkyō Kandō Mokuroku Hensanjo. Chibetto Daizōkyō Tanjūru Kandō Mokuroku = A Comparative Analytical Catalogue of the Tanjur Division of the Tibetan Tripitaka : Kept in the Otani Univetsity Library and at Present Reprinted Under the Super Vision of the Otani University, edited by Ōtani Daigaku. Toshokan. Kyōto-shi: Ōtani Daigaku Toshokan, 1983.

Skorupski, Tadeusz. A Catalogue of the Stog Palace Kanjur. Bibliographia Philologica Buddhica. Series Maior ; 4. Tokyo: International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1985.

Tauscher, Helmut. Catalogue of the Gondhla Proto-Kanjur. Wiener Studien Zur Tibetologie Und Buddhismuskunde ; Heft 72., edited by Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien (Universität Wien). Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien, 2008.

Tōhoku Teikoku Daigaku. Hōbun Gakubu. Chibetto Daizōkyō sōmokuroku. Sendai-shi: Tōhoku Teikoku Daigaku Hōbun Gakubu, 1934.

Zang Han dui zhao Xizang Da Zang Jing zong mu lu, edited by Huang, Xianming. Di 1 ban. ed. Xining Shi: Qinghai minzu chubanshe, 1993.