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Twelve branches of the excellent teaching (Wyl. gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis)

These are said to be the twelve branches of texts within the Tripitaka.

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 '''Twelve branches of the excellent teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis'')
-:Sutras, poetic summaries and prophecies,
+#[[sutra]]s (Wyl. ''mdo'')
-:Discourses in verse, intentional statements, testimonies of realization,
+#poetic summaries (Skt. geya, Wyl. ''dbyangs bsnyed'')
-:Historical explanations, contextual accounts,
+#prophecies (Skt. vyakarana, Wyl. ''lung bstan'')
-:Detailed explanations, accounts of former lives,
+#discourses in verse (Skt. gatha, Wyl. ''tshigs bcad'')
-:Wondrous discourses and definitive explanations—
+#intentional statements (Skt. nidana, Wyl. ''gleng gzhi'')
-:These are said to be the twelve branches.
+#testimonies of realization (Skt. avadana, Wyl. ''rtogs brjod'')
+#historical explanations (Skt. itivrttaka, Wyl. ''de ltar byung ba'')
+#contextual accounts (Skt. udana, Wyl. ''ched du brjod pa'')
+#detailed explanations (Skt. vaipulya, Wyl. ''shin tu rgyas pa'')
+#accounts of former lives (Skt. [[jataka]], Wyl. ''skyes rabs'')
+#wondrous discourses (Skt. abidhutadharma, Wyl. ''rmad du byung ba'')
+#definitive explanations (Skt. [[upadesha]], Wyl. ''gtan la phab'')
+These are said to be the twelve branches of texts within the [[Tripitaka]].
 [[Category:Enumerations]]
+[[category:Texts]]