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The '''Four Medical Tantras''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rgyud bzhi'') were compiled by [[Yuthok Yönten Gönpo]] in the ninth century and then rediscovered by [[Drapa Ngönshé]] in the eleventh century. They are: | The '''Four Medical Tantras''' (Tib. རྒྱུད་བཞི་, ''gyü shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''rgyud bzhi'') were compiled by [[Yuthok Yönten Gönpo]] in the ninth century and then rediscovered by [[Drapa Ngönshé]] in the eleventh century. They are: | ||
#Root Tantra (''rtsa rgyud'') | #Root Tantra (''rtsa rgyud'') | ||
Revision as of 23:16, 27 April 2018
The Four Medical Tantras (Tib. རྒྱུད་བཞི་, gyü shyi, Wyl. rgyud bzhi) were compiled by Yuthok Yönten Gönpo in the ninth century and then rediscovered by Drapa Ngönshé in the eleventh century. They are:
- Root Tantra (rtsa rgyud)
- Explanatory Tantra (bshad rgyud)
- Instructional Tantra (man ngag gi rgyud)
- Subsequent Tantra (phyi ma'i rgyud)
Further Reading
- The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine, translated by Dr. Barry Clark (Ithaca: Snow Lion 1995)