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'''Twelve branches of the excellent teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis'') | '''Twelve branches of the excellent teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis'') | ||
#[[sutra]]s (Wyl. ''mdo'') | |||
#poetic summaries (Skt. geya, Wyl. ''dbyangs bsnyed'') | |||
#prophecies (Skt. vyakarana, Wyl. ''lung bstan'') | |||
#discourses in verse (Skt. gatha, Wyl. ''tshigs bcad'') | |||
#intentional statements (Skt. nidana, Wyl. ''gleng gzhi'') | |||
#testimonies of realization (Skt. avadana, Wyl. ''rtogs brjod'') | |||
#historical explanations (Skt. itivrttaka, Wyl. ''de ltar byung ba'') | |||
#contextual accounts (Skt. udana, Wyl. ''ched du brjod pa'') | |||
#detailed explanations (Skt. vaipulya, Wyl. ''shin tu rgyas pa'') | |||
#accounts of former lives (Skt. [[jataka]], Wyl. ''skyes rabs'') | |||
#wondrous discourses (Skt. abidhutadharma, Wyl. ''rmad du byung ba'') | |||
#definitive explanations (Skt. [[upadesha]], Wyl. ''gtan la phab'') | |||
These are said to be the twelve branches of texts within the [[Tripitaka]]. | |||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:01, 23 May 2008
Twelve branches of the excellent teaching (Wyl. gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis)
- sutras (Wyl. mdo)
- poetic summaries (Skt. geya, Wyl. dbyangs bsnyed)
- prophecies (Skt. vyakarana, Wyl. lung bstan)
- discourses in verse (Skt. gatha, Wyl. tshigs bcad)
- intentional statements (Skt. nidana, Wyl. gleng gzhi)
- testimonies of realization (Skt. avadana, Wyl. rtogs brjod)
- historical explanations (Skt. itivrttaka, Wyl. de ltar byung ba)
- contextual accounts (Skt. udana, Wyl. ched du brjod pa)
- detailed explanations (Skt. vaipulya, Wyl. shin tu rgyas pa)
- accounts of former lives (Skt. jataka, Wyl. skyes rabs)
- wondrous discourses (Skt. abidhutadharma, Wyl. rmad du byung ba)
- definitive explanations (Skt. upadesha, Wyl. gtan la phab)
These are said to be the twelve branches of texts within the Tripitaka.