Synoptic Commentary

A type of commentary that creates a hierarchically-structured topical outline of the text it explicates by adding a topical tree (Tibetan sa bcad) to organize the root text.
Hugon, Pascale. "Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge’s Synoptic Table of the Pramāṇaviniścaya." In Sanskrit Manuscripts in China. Proceedings of a Panel at the 2008 Beijing Seminar on Tibetan Studies, October 13 to 17, edited by E. Steinkellner, D Qing, and H. Krasser, 47-88. Beijing: China Tibetology Publishing House, 2008.