Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t4.11

v1.c7.s6.t4.11

Bu ston rin chen grub recompiled the catalogue of Tibetan Tripitaka on the basis of Denkar Catalogue, Mchims phuvi dkar chag, Vphang Thang Catalogue and Snar thang gi bstan vgyur dkar chag and literature catalogue compiled by translators in the 14th century CE. The compilation deleted and added the previous catalogues of Tripitaka. Sutras and shastras of Tipitaka of Buddhism can be divided into two types mainly, exoteric Buddhism and esoteric Buddhism, literature is named after sutra (mdo) and Tantra, respectively, exoteric classics are called as sutras, and esoteric classics are called as shastras.