288 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
Sarat Chandra Das does not give a separate title to this por- 
i The block-print alluded to was known before. E. H. C. 
Walsh mentions it, in his article in the J.A.S.B., Vol. LX XIII, 
Part I, pp. 118-177 (1904), entitled ‘‘ A List of Tibetan books 
brought from Lhassa by the Japanese Monk, Mr. Ekai Kawa 
Gochi’’, on page 154, as No. 42, and mentions that the little 
work, measuring 10} x 3 inches as to paper and 7? x 2 inches as 
seller for about 4 annas. I possess half a dozen copies of it, in 
two different prints, all ot the same size and style. The title 
is, as correctly given by Walsh, ACA AQCA AST EN IS 
SAAMI SIT Saya (JQ NANST) Sarat Chan- 
dra Das has changed the words Sa'qS" in the title into 
alii |) and has left out the sys’, whilst also omitting 
a few lines of the text. The word ARN is a form of gq 4 
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to collect, which is not to be found in the dictionaries. That 
this little book of songs should be styled a sg, biogra- 
phy or life-history, might seem strange at first sight. 
It is, however, explained as due to the fact that these poems 
are auto-biographical in nature and in their totality contain 
Tshang-yang’s true life-story. : |" stands for pleas- 
SFAqs 
ing selection or ‘‘selection of melodiousness.” This antho- 
] 
appeared since its production. This copy has the title AKA 
