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The Charya Tantra Classification System, although following the same basic Kriya classification of the Three Buddha Families, has very few actual texts and even fewer deities or mandalas. Further to that, not all of the Tibetan Traditions agree on the text titles found under Charya Tantra classification. The Sakya Tradition includes The Manjushri Mulakalpa and Siddhaikavira Tantras as Charya. Most of the other Tibetan Buddhist schools do not. There is variation between the different Tibetan Tantra classification systems based mostly on three points: [1] how the Tantric literature classifies itself, [2] chronological time period, and [3] later religious traditions.
Charya Tantras:
1. Tatagata Family:
- Maha Vairochana Abhisambhodi Tantra [Toh 494]
- Manjushri Mula Kalpa [p102]
- Siddhaikavira Tantra [p103]
2. Padma Family:
(There are no texts translated from an Indian language into Tibetan from this classification)
3. Vajra Family:
- Vajrapani Abhisheka Tantra [Toh 496]
- Nilambaradhara Vajrapani Tantra [Toh 498]
- Vajrapatala Tantra [Toh 499]