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Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra

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Bd Bardan (Zanskar) canonical collection

C Choné xylograph Kangyur

Cbeta Chinese Electronic Buddhist Association, (www.cbeta.org)

Cz Chizhi Kangyur

D Degé xylograph Kangyur

Dd Dodedrak Kangyur

Dk Dongkarla Kangyur

Do Dolpo canonical collection

F Phukdrak manuscript Kangyur

Go Gondhla (Lahaul) canonical collection

Gt Gangteng Kangyur

H Lhasa xylograph Kangyur

He Hemis I Kangyur

J’jang sa tham/Lithang xylograph Kangyur

Kʙ Berlin manuscript Kangyur

Kǫ 774 Peking 1737 xylograph Kangyur

L London (Shelkar) manuscript Kangyur

Lg Lang mdo Kangyur

Mvyut Mahāvyutpatti

N Narthang xylograph Kangyur

Ng Namgyal Kangyur

Np Neyphug Kangyur

O Tawang Kangyur

Pj Phajoding I Kangyur

Pz Phajoding II Kangyur

R Ragya Kangyur

S Stok manuscript Kangyur

Saṃdh. Saṃdhi­nirmocana­sūtra

Saṃdhdh Dunhuang manuscript: Stein Tib. n°194 (49 folios) and Stein Tib. n°683 (1 folio) (Hakamaya 1984–1987)

T Tokyo manuscript Kangyur

Taishō 676 解深密經, translated by Xuanzang (596–664 ᴄᴇ)

TrBh Sthiramati’s Triṃśikāvijñaptibhāṣyam

U Urga xylograph Kangyur

V Ulaanbaatar manuscript Kangyur

VD Degé; xylograph of the Viniścaya­saṃ­grahaṇī of the Yogācāra­bhūmi from the Tengyur

VG Golden; xylograph of the Viniścaya­saṃ­grahaṇī of the Yogācāra­bhūmi from the Tengyur

VP Peking; xylograph of the Viniścaya­saṃ­grahaṇī of the Yogācāra­bhūmi from the Tengyur

VinSg Viniścaya­saṃ­grahaṇī of the Yogācāra­bhūmi

X Basgo manuscript Kangyur

YBht P ’i Tibetan translation of Acarya Asanga’s Yogācāra­bhūmi from the Peking Tengyur (n°. 5540, sems-tsam, ’i 143aI-382a5 (vol. I l l : 121-217)

Z Shey Palace manuscript Kangyur

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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha

First published 2020

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འཕགས་པ་དགོངས་པ་ངེས་པར་འགྲེལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།

’phags pa dgongs pa nges par ’grel pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo

The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Unraveling the Intent”

Āryasaṃdhinirmocana­nāmamahāyānasūtra

· Toh 106 ·

Degé Kangyur, vol. 49 (mdo sde, ca), folios 1.b–55.b
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