The Tibetan Bibliography Origins Research

Tibetan has a long history and glorious culture, and as time elapsed, Tibetan has shaped a unique culture under a different circumstance with religious affects.Tibetan catalogue study is a special aspect of Tibetan culture. The translation of Buddhist teachings established a base for Tibetan catalogue study, and the formation of Tibetan works and the tremendous translation of Buddhist teachings faciliated the formation of Tibetan catalogue study and its progress. This thesis uses classical documentation and historical study to research the path of Tibetan catalogue study, and it is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is focused on the time when Tibetan catalogue study shaped, its historical circumstance and social background. It mainly outlines the Karchek Pangtan ma, Karchek Dankar ma, and Karchek Chumpu ma, which were wrote in the eighth century during the reign of king Khri srung lde btsan. It also focuses on academical and cultural implications of imperial Tibetan kindom. The second chapter is about the progressive period of Tibetan catalogue study. According to the emergence of different versions of catalogue of Tibetan Kanjur and Tanjur and the catalogues of different sects after the tenth century, it expatiates on the path taken by Tibetan catalogue study in its progressive course, and the history of traditional catalogue study. The third chapter is about the new period of Tibetan catalogue study. This part outlines the specialities of Tibetan catalogue of Bla brang and Sde dge printing after the establishment of PRC. It mainly investigates the book,Tibetan catalogue study, by Dung dkar and other electronic catalogues and so on. Meanwhile, it also records the theoretical result of Tibetan catalogue study.