Buddhism. In addition to sutrayana texts, the Tibetan canon includes tantric texts. The Tibetan Canon underwent a final compilation in the 14th century by Buton Rinchen Drub. The Tibetan Canon has its own scheme which divided texts into two broad categories: Kangyur (Wylie: bka'-'gyur) or "Translated Words or Vacana", consists of works supposed to have been said by the Buddha himself. All texts presumably have a Sanskrit original, although in many cases the Tibetan text was translated from Chinese from Chinese Canon, Pali from Pali Canon or other languages. Tengyur (Wylie: bstan-'gyur) or "Translated Treatises or Shastras", is the section to which were assigned commentaries, treatises and abhidharma works (both Mahayana and non-Mahayana). The Tengyur contains 3626 texts in 224 Volumes. Some of the well known Tibetan Canons are the Dege, Jiang, Lhasa, etc. As a title The Chinese form of , "sānzàng" (三藏), was sometimes used as an honorary title for a Buddhist monk who has mastered the teachings of the Tripiṭaka. In Chinese culture, this is notable in the case of the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, whose pilgrimage to India to study and bring Buddhist texts back to China was portrayed in the novel Journey to the West as "Tang Sanzang" (Tang Dynasty Tripiṭaka Master). Due to the popularity of the novel, the term "sānzàng" is often erroneously understood as a name of the monk Xuanzang. One such screen version of this is the popular 1979 Monkey (TV series). The modern Indian scholar Rahul Sankrityayan is sometimes referred to as Tripiṭakacharya in reflection of his familiarity with the . See also Āgama (Buddhism) Early Buddhist Texts Buddhist texts Pāli Canon Tripiṭaka tablets at Kuthodaw Pagoda Tripiṭaka Koreana Zhaocheng Jin Tripiṭaka Pali Text Society Dhamma Society Fund Xuanzang Notes Further reading External links Pali Canon: British Library has digitised four Sinhalese palm leaf manuscripts (Sinhalese Manuscripts Pilot Digitisation Project) Access to Insight has many suttas translated into English Sutta Central Early Buddhist texts, translations, and parallels (Multiple Languages) Tipiṭaka Network List of Pali Canon Suttas translated into English (ongoing) The Pali Tipiṭaka Project (texts in 7 Asian languages) The Sri Lanka Tripiṭaka Project Pali Canons has a searchable database of the Pali texts The Vietnamese Nikaaya (continuing, text in Vietnamese) Search in English translations of the Tipiṭaka New Guide to the Tipiṭaka has summaries of the entire Tipiṭaka in English Tipiṭaka Online Myanmar Version of Buddhist Canon (6th revision):