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placed the especial mystic charm in the form of one or more letters 

 in the Old Indian character of the 4th or 5th century A.D., inscribed 



in a cabalistic manner with special materials, as 

 Sympalhetic 'Magic."* detailed in the Manual on the subject. The trans- 



lation of the inscribed aphorisms is here given : — 

 In the Outmost Circle. — " Guard the Body, Mind and Speech of this 

 charm-holder! RaJchya, ralchtja, Jcuruye stvaha ! Anytadyatha ! Om muni 

 muni malmmuniye sivaha. " (Here follows " The Buddhist Creed " : ) 



*' OM ! Ye dharma hetu prabhava 

 Hetum teshan Tathagato 

 Hyatha data teshan chayo nirodha 

 Evam vadi Maha Sramana.^" 



(Here follows the Dhyani Buddhas : — ) '■'■ Birotsana Omhajra Akshobha 

 Hung, Ratna Samhhava Hri, Bargudhara Ilri, Amoga Siddha Ah!" 



In Second Circle. — " Om ! nama Samanta Buddhanam, Wama 

 Samanta Dharmanam, nama Samanta Sangghanam. Om Sititabatrai. 

 Om Bimala, Om Shadkara, Om Brahyarigar bajra ustsikhatsa krawarti 

 Sarbayana nianta mula barma hana dhanamha. Namkilaniba, 

 makriayena keni chatkramtamtata sarban ratsin ratsin dakhinda 

 bhinda tsiri tsiri giri giri niada mada hung hung phat phat. " 



In Third Circle. — "Guard the Body, Mind and Speech of this 

 charm-holder ! llama rakya rakhya kuruye swaha, (Here follow the 

 letters of the alphabet: — ) Ang, a, a, i, I, u, u, ri, rl, li, ll, e, ai, o, au, 

 ang, a, ka, kh, g, gh, ng, ts, tsh, ds, dsa, ny, ta, th, d, da, na, t, th, d, 

 dh, n, p, ph, b, bh, m, y, r, 1, w, sh, sh, s, h, khy ! " 



In Fourth Circle. — "Hung, Hung," &c. 



In Fifth Circle.—'' Hri, Hri, " &c. 



In Sixth Circle. — " Om ! 7i ! Hung I Hri! Guru ! Deva ! Dakkini ! 

 Sarhasiddhipala Hung I A I'''' 



' This "Buddhist Creed," which is carved on most of the later Buddhist votive images iu 

 India, Hodgson translates (J. A. S. No. 40, 1835) : — " The cause or causes of all sentient exist- 

 ence in the versatile world the Tathagata has explained. The Great S'ramana (i.e., Buddha) 

 Lath likewise explained the cause or causes of the cessation of all such existence." This 

 stanza is complete iu itself, but a second is occasionally added, namely :— 



" Sarba papasya akaranam 

 Kusalasyopasapradam 

 Swachittam pariyodapanam 

 Otan Buddhiiuusasanam," 



which Csoma deKoros has translated: — 



" No vice is to be committed ; 

 Every virtue must be perfectly practised ; 

 The mind must be brought under entire subjection : 

 This is the commandment of Buddha." 



