The Karchag Lhankarma () is a catalog of the Buddhist texts held at the Lhankar palace of the Tibetan Empire. It was probably compiled in 824 CE.Herrmann-Pfandt, Adelheid, Die lHan kar ma: ein früher Katalog der ins Tibetische übersetzten buddhistischen Texte. Vienna: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2008. It is the only one of the three catalogues of Buddhist texts from the imperial period that is preserved in the Kanjur.Lalou, Marcelle. “Les textes Bouddhiques au temps du Roi khri-sroṅ-lde-bcan.” (Buddhist Texts in the time of King khri-sron-lde-bcan). Journal Asiatique 241 (1953): 313-53 It is also the oldest known catalogue of these texts.
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