Five historical works of Tāranātha
By: (Rgya gar chos ʼbyuṅ, Kahna paʼi rnam thar, Bkaʼ babs bdun gyi rnam thar, O rgyan rnam thar Rgya gar ma, and Sgrol maʼi rnam thar).
Publisher: Tibetan Nyingmapa Monastery
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh
Language: tib
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Kr̥ṣṇācāryapāda; Padma Sambhava, ca. 717-ca. 762; Buddhism -- India -- History; Buddhism -- China -- Tibet -- History; Tārā (Buddhist deity) -- Cult; Tibetan language -- Texts
Description: Writings on the history of Buddhism in India and Tibet.
Notes: In Tibetan; pref. in English.
"Reproduced from impressions of 19th century Sde-dge blocks from the library of Ri-bo-che Rje-druṅ of Padma-bkod by Tseten Dorji."
Table of contents: label: I
title: DAM PA'I CHOS RIN PO CHE 'PHAGS PA'I YUL DU JI LTAR DAR BA'I TSHUL GSAL BAR STON PA DGOS 'DOD KUN 'BYUNG: rGYA GAR CHOS 'BYUNG    History of buddhism in India: written in 1608, the author's 34th (i.e. 33rd) year, at the Brag-stod Chos-kyi-pho-brang.
pagenum: 1-261; label: II
title: SLOB DPON CHEN PO SPYOD 'CHANG DBANG PO'I RNAM THAR NGO MTSHAR SNYAN PA'I SGRA-DBYANGS: KAHNA PA'I RNAM THAR.   The biography of the Mahasiddha Kahna-pa (Krsnacarin), This is divided into two parts: a.   slob dpon chen po spyod 'chang dbang po'i rnam par thar pa ngo mtshar snyan pa'i sgra dbyangs   Written at the behest of Kun-dga'-dpal-bzang in the author's 58th (i.e. 57th) year, i. e. 1632.  pp. 264-335;   b. Slop dpon spyod 'chang dbang po'i rnam thar gyi 'phros don kha skong la nye bar mkho zhing grub thob gzhan mang po'i byung tshul rtogs par byed pa'i yi ge, ndated   pp. 335-359.
pagenum: 263-359; label: III
title: BKA' BABS BDUN LDAN GYI BRGYUD PA'I RNAM THAR NGO MTSHAR RMAD DU BYUNG BA RIN PO CHE'I KHUNGS LTA BU'I GTAM: BKA' BABS BDUN GYI REAM [SIC] THAR.  Historical account of the transmission linaeges of the esoteric precepts known collectively as the bka' babs bdun ldan;  when the author was nearing 26 (i.e.  25), i.e. 1600, at Rnam-rgyal-rab-brtan near Byang Stag-lung.  The above three texts are paged continuously and bear a par byang signed by 'jam-dbyangs Mkhyen-brtse'i-dbang po of Sde-dge)
pagenum: 361-499; label: IV
title: SLOB DPON CHEN PO PADMA 'BYUNG GNAS KYI RNAM PAR THAR PA GSAL BAR BYED PA'I YI GE YID CHES GSUM LDAN ('DI LA SLOB DPON PADMA'I RNAM THAR RGYA GAR LUGS ZHES BYA'O): O RGYAN RNAM THAR RGYA GAR MA.   On the life of Padmasambhava and the Indian sources; a study in historical interpretation written at the behest of Gtsang-smyon Kun-dga'-dpal-bzang in the author's 36th (i.e. 35th) year, 1610, at Jo-mo-nang.
pagenum: 501-537; label: V
title: RJE BTSUN SGROL MA'I NGO MTSHAR GYI RNAM PAR THAR PA CUNG ZAD GTAM DU BYA BA DAD PA'I SA BON: sGROL MA'I RNAM THAR.   On the tutelary deity Tara and Her manifold forms, the Tara tantras, and the history of the transmission of the cult; a study written in the author's 30th (i.e. 29th) year, i. e. 1604, at Gser-mdog-can.
pagenum: 539-575