SUBJECT PROFILE - TIBETAN LANGUAGE
BUDDHIST AND BON LITERATURE
By Genre
1 Doctrinal works and philosophy
2 Esoteric commentarial literature (tantra)
3 Liturgy and ritual
4 Collected works/anthologies
Each sect's profile has to be defined with combination of the above listed Genre
5 Bka'-brgyud-pa
6 Bka'-gdams-pa
7 Bon-po
8 Dge-lugs-pa
9 Eclectic (ris-med)
10 Gcod and Zi-byed
11 Jo-nan-pa, Bo-don-pa, Zwa-lu-pa, etc.
12 Rnin-ma-pa
13 Sa-skya-pa
By Subject
14 Canon
15 Reference [including indices to Canon, catalogs (dkar chag)]
16 Biography and history
17 Astrology/calendars
18 Fine arts (iconography, calligraphy)
19 Linguistics including grammars and dictionaries
20 Music and Performing arts
21 Traditional medicine
22 Science and technology
23 Social sciences, politics, law
24 Literature including epics and modern creative literature
25 Travel, guidebooks, geography
26 Children's literature
27 Philosophy and religion (general)
Last Updated: June 15, 2011
