The collected treatises: the Tibetan translations of scriptural works by the great Indian Buddhist masters.
Works praising buddhas, bodhisattvas, or points of doctrine (Toh 1109-1179)
Commentaries and liturgical works related to the tantras of Hevajra and Kālacakra (Toh 1180-1400)
Commentaries and liturgical works related to mother or yoginī tantras centered on Śaṃvara / Cakrasaṃvara and Vajravārāhī or Vajrayoginī (Toh 1401-1606)
Commentaries and liturgical works related to the Catuḥpīṭha, Mahāmāyā, Vajrāmṛta, Buddhakapāla, Buddhasamayoga, and Tāra mother or yoginī tantras, to mother tantra in general, Avalokiteśvara, Mahākāla amd Acala (Toh 1607-1783)
Commentaries and liturgical works related to father tantras centered on Guhyasamaja (Toh 1784-1917)
Commentaries and liturgical works related to father tantras centered on Yamāri, Vajrabhairava, Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti, Ekajaṭa, and Vajrapāṇi (Toh 1918-2216)
Commentaries on the Unexcelled Yoga tantras in general (Toh 2217-2500)
Commentaries on tantras of the Yoga class based mainly on meditational practices (Toh 2501-2661).
Commentaries on tantras of the Conduct class (Toh 2662-2669).
Commentaries on tantras of the Action class, mainly emphasizing external worship and ritual, and classified into six “families” of principal deities (Toh 2670-3139).
Three systematizing works by Abhayākaragupta (d. 1125), the great Bengali scholar and abbot of Vikramaśīla (Toh 3140-3143)
A collection of 163 sādhanas translated by the 11th-12th century Patshab Lotsāwa Tsultrim Gyaltsen, in most cases in the presence of the great paṇḍita Abhayākaragupta (d. 1125), Bengali scholar and abbot of Vikramaśīla (Toh 3143-3305)
A collection of 93 sādhanas translated by the paṇḍita Amoghavajra and the 11th century Khampa Lotsāwa Bari Chödrak (Toh 3306-3399)
A collection of 245 short liturgies translated by Trakpa Gyaltsen (Toh 3400-3644)
Miscellaneous grouped and single liturgical works not specifically related to one of the four clases of tantra (Toh 3645-3706)
Overviews and guides dealing with the three vehicles and four clases of tantra in general, stages of practice, sacred places, prayers, and auspicious concluding works (Toh 3707-3785)
The Indian treatises explaining and commenting on the various Perfection of Wisdom sūtras (Toh 3786-3823)
The treatises by Nāgārjuna, Āryaveva, Candrakīrti, Buddhapālita, Śāntideva, and other Indian masters on the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophical system (Toh 3824-3980)
The Indian commentaries on a number of doctrinally important sūtras (other than those on the Perfection of Wisdom) (Toh 3981-4019)
The treatises by Maitreya, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu, and others on Yogācāra-Cittamātra themes, buddha-nature, and other topics (Toh 4020-4085)
Formal, scholastic treatises including part of the early Sarvāstivādin Abhidharma canon and later commentaries (Toh 4086-4103)
Commentaries and treatises on the canonical Vinaya texts (Toh 4104-4149)
The literature recounting stories of the Buddha’s previous lives (Toh 4150-4157)
Advice from the great Indian Buddhist masters in the form of letters written to rulers and others (Toh 4158-4202)
The texts on Indian Buddhist epistemology, logic, and reasoning by Dignāga, Dharmakīrti, and others (Toh 4203-4268)
Treatises on language, Sanskrit grammar, composition, rhetoric, poetics, lexicons, etc. (Toh 4269-4305)
Secular Indian treatises on Āyurvedic medicine and pharmaceutics (Toh 4306-4312)
Indian treatises on the graphic and manual arts, including iconometrics (Toh 4313-4327)
Indian treatises on civic and political management and secular morality (Toh 4328-4345)
Texts by the early Tibetan scholars and unknown authors on topics ranging from translation, Tibetan grammar, and text inventories to sūtra commentaries and meditation instructions (Toh 4346-4376)
Other treatises added to the Tengyur at later dates (Toh 4420-4464)
Prayers of dedication and aspiration and auspicious verses to conclude the main body of the Tengyur (Toh 4377-4419A)
Historical and descriptive catalog of the Degé Tengyur by its 18th century editor Zhuchen Tsültrim Rinchen (Toh 4569).