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15. Gyantse Rock Inscription of Chos-rgyal-gnis-pa, a ruler under 
the Sakyapa Hierarch in the, fourteenth century a.D.—By 
ManAmanopApuyAya Satis CHANDRA ViyrIsnei#i, M.A. 
This is a Lentil in a oe piece of grey slate 2 feet oad 
ie? long, 1 foot 13 inches broad, and 1 inch thick. It 
brought from Gyantse Jong during the late ribet expedition 4 
is now deposited in the Indian Museum at Calcutta. The inscrip- 
tion is in a aga state of preservation but a few letters on the 
corners at the top and bottom of the slate have been broken 
way ai 
arranged, would make up eight verses of four feet each. eac 
foot consists of 9 syllables, there are altogether 288 syllables or 
words in the inscriptions. It is written in the Tibetan language 
and characters, but there are two benedictory phrases in Sanskrit 
at the beginning and end of the inse Lanse 
e first 55 lines describe Upper r Nyang, of which Gyantse 
is the ert as a splendid dominion where all wishes are accom- 
plished at once, and in which the ten perfect virtues always 
prevail. The next 93 lines refer to the repair and new construction 
of various Tantrik images at as those of Guru Padmasambhava, 
Trinity of Father a wees e Three-fold Body of Buddha, etc., 
which were underta ad seoucttiiahed by a ruler of Gyantse 
with the object of senting 16 ngevity for his wife the queen, for 
the increase of prosperity of his people, and for the propagation 
of the Blessed Doctrine. This ruler is named Chos-rgyal-giis-pa, 
who is described as a virtuous man, @ skilful disputant, a miracu- 
lous manifestation of Vajrapani, and victorious over all quarters. 
The remaining eight lines contain the prayers of the man who 
raised the inscription. It is very probable that Chos-rgyal-gilis-pa 
(literally : religious king the second) is identical with Chos-rgyal- 
rab-brtan (literally: religious king the firm) who, as a regent 
under the Sakyapa Hierarch, ruled over Gyantse and founded 
the fort and monastery there in the fourteenth centu 
There are evidences that ns peste Hee belonged to the Sakyapa 
sect, and was prepared a en the Dalai Lamaic Govern- 
ment had not yet been eenickel 
Translation. 
BLIss. 
A splendid ‘dominion, productive of the ten perfect virtues,! 
in weigh the extent of the earth is washed by the light of love 
! Ten virtues called in Tibetan Ge-cu ( a QS ) and in Sanskrit Daga- 
kugala ( SRT ) are :— 
: a A . n, pa é . 
(i) Yr asyy, wratfoaata facta, not to kill anything living. 
