324 MAGIC RITES, 



(7) d3Iaq-pd)i rin-po-chhe (Skt. Sena-pati ratna), The jewel of a 



General, 



And to these have been added an eighth, viz. — 



(8) Biim-pa-ter — the Vase for storing all the riches of the three 



•worlds. 

 In the inmost circle immediately around Ri-rab. are : — 



Nyima or The Sun, consisting of "glazed fire," with its chariot 



drawn by ten horses. 

 Da-tva or the Moon, composed of "glazed water," with its 



chariot and seven horses. 

 Rin-po-chhe Duk or the Jewelled Umbrella of Sovereignty. 

 Gyal-tshen (Skt. Dkvaja) or Banner of Victory. 



And in the centre of all, in the heavens of Indra, is the store of 

 the entire treasure of the gods. 



THE MODE OF 0FFERI2S^G THE MANDALA. 



The mode of offering the Universe in effigy is as follows: — 



Having wiped the 'mandaP tray with the right arm or sleeve, 



take a fistful of rice in either hand, and sprinkle some 



The ceremony of ^^ ^j^g ^.^.^ jq |^„ jj-jg Foundation of the Universe 



making the mandala. • i . r-i i i hm j. j i.i i 



or mighty brold. Ihen set down the large ring, 

 which is the Iron Girdle of the Universe. Then in the middle set 

 down a dole of rice as Ri-rab (Mount Meru). Then in the order 

 given in the attached diagram (Plate XI) are set down a few grains of 

 rice representing the 38 component portions of the Universe, each of 

 which is named at the time of depositing its representative rice. 

 The ritual for all sects of lamas during this ceremony is practically 

 the same. I here append the text as used by the KargyujDa of the 

 Bhotiya Basti Gompa at Darjeeling. 



During this ceremony it is specially insisted on that the per- 

 former must mentally conceive that ho is actually 

 thJ^ro^sf"^ ^""'^ °^ bestowing all this wealth of continents, gods, &c., 

 &c., upon his lamaic deities, who themselves are 

 quite outside the system of the Universe. 



The Mandala Service. 



The words employed during the offering of the Mandala are the 

 following. 



N.B. — The figures in brackets correspond to those in the 

 diagram and indicate the several points in the magic circle where 

 the doles of rice are deposited during this celebration service. 



