《Degé Kangyur Catalog》
CBETA 84K-toh4568
The following stanza is in the anuṣṭubh meter, which has eight syllables per verse quarter, and it is bound by a prastāra known as pathyā, a particular viṣamavṛtta. This account, which describes how all those source texts still extant today of all the genuine scriptures of our teacher—the peerless, perfect, and complete Buddha, the Lord of the Śākyas—that have appeared in this Cool Land since the first introduction of the holy Dharma until the present were put into print through the sponsorship of the Lord of Men, Tenpa Tsering, and family, is divided into two sections: an account of the history of the main initiator, Tib. bdag rkyen byed pa po. Lit. “producer of the primary condition.” While the general meaning could be rendered as “sponsor” or “patron,” Situ Paṇchen does not use the more common word for a material supporter of Dharmic activity, sbyin bdag, and instead employs this more unusual formulation, which emphasizes that the project was initiated by Tenpa Tsering himself. and an account of the virtuous activities undertaken. The first is discussed from three perspectives: location, family lineage, and qualities. The location in general is Tibet, the land of the north, enc…
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