How many Buddhist scriptures are there?

First of all, Buddhist scriptures are not a book. Buddhist scripture is a brief statement of Buddhist classics. Usually refers to all Buddhist classics. So there is no specific figure, but it can be inferred from Buddhist scriptures of different dynasties.

The Buddhist classics in China are generally called the Tripitaka Sutra, which is generally divided into Mahayana Sutra and Hinayana Sutra. In the Tang Dynasty, the Mahayana Sutra was divided into five parts, namely, the Prajna Department, the Baoji Department and other sutras. Song Tibetan collected 528 Mahayana classics, totaling 2 175 volumes. Yuan Cang 528 volumes, 2 174 volumes. Xiaosan received 52 1 copy and 2 164 copies. Shrink and brush the Tibetan scriptures, with 450 volumes and 2290 volumes. Hinayana Sutra mainly refers to Agama and his single products. There are 242 volumes in Song and Yuan Tibetan, 240 volumes in Little Sanzang, and 6 14 volumes. There are 32 1 books and 778 volumes in the "Jianbi Tibetan Classics" and "Frequently Added Tibetan Classics" respectively. Dazhengzang divides all Buddhist scriptures into ten parts, including agama, Benyuan Sutra and Prajna Sutra, with a total of 1460 parts and 4225 volumes. The Six Ancestors Tanjing is the only Buddhist classic written by China people, and it is called Jing.