Derge Edition

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Tibetan Buddhist canon edition
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Derge_Kangyur
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Tenpa_Tsering
gptkb:Queen_Tsewang_Lhamo
gptkbp:compiledBy gptkb:Derge_Printing_House
Derge, Kham, Tibet
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Kangyur
gptkb:Tengyur
gptkbp:date 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Derge Edition
gptkbp:influencedBy earlier Tibetan canon editions
gptkbp:language gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:notableFor printmaking
high textual accuracy
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes over 100
gptkbp:preservedIn Derge Parkhang (Derge Printing House)
woodblock printing plates
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Narthang_Edition
gptkb:Lhasa_Edition
gptkb:Peking_Edition
gptkbp:script gptkb:Tibetan_script
gptkbp:significance one of the most important and complete editions of the Tibetan Buddhist canon
gptkbp:status still in use
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:Memory_of_the_World_Register_(Derge_Parkhang)
gptkbp:usedBy Tibetan Buddhist scholars
monasteries across Tibet and Himalayan regions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nyingma_Tantra_Collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6