The eighteen texts of great renown. A set of major texts studied in Sakya monasteries. These are the “thirteen great texts” (gzhung chen bco gsum) plus: (14) Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra (byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa); (15) Dharmakīrti’s, Pramāṇaviniścaya (tshad ma rnam par nges pa); (16) Dignāga’s Pramāṇasamuccaya (tshad ma kun btus); (17) sa skya paN+Di ta’s sdom gsum rab dbye, and his (18) tshad ma rigs gter.

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