30 Journ. of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [March & April, 1915. 
during the reign of Kri-ral, better known as Ral-pa-can.' As 
this king was born i A.D., Jina Mitra must have flour 
ished at the close of the 9th century a.D., when So-sor-thar-pa, 
the Tibetan version of the Pratimoksa, was prepared. 
For the last 1100 years the So-sor-thar-pa has received a 
great ovation in Tibet. In each respectable monastery it i 
recited with reverence by the senior Lama on the full moon and 
new moon days when all other Lamas assemble together to listen 
to the recitation. This So-sor-thar-pa which contains a set! of 
rules to be observed by monks is often called ‘¢Khrims,’’ a 
code of laws, as distinguished from a later Tibetan work also 
called So-sor-thar-pa,” which explains ‘‘Cho-ga,’’ the rites tela- 
tive to the observance of the laws. This later work, which is 
frequently recited in monasteries in Tibet, is divided into five 
parts headed as follows :— ; 
Mena Xm Sbyor-wahi-cho-ga—the method of meeting 
x x Bi gil together. This part explains the manner il 
which the monks are to be invited and assembled 
together by the ringing of bells, etc. 4 
2. " = Phyag-htshal-wa—salutation. his pa 
=i aaara states that a person, while he salutes Buddha, 
Dharma and Sangha, should remain in a standing pos 
ture, fold up his palms and bend his body, etc. 
‘Sex =Tshul-khrims-kyi-mdo—the discourse 0 
3 a ae ~ *) moral laws. git art explains how 
the blessed Buddha, during his sojourn in Jetavana 
the garden of Anathapindika at Sravastt, delivered 
at the discourse on moral laws. 4 
4c8F Spyi-bsags—general confession. This part des 
EB eee cribes how a oan should declare to the com 
munity of monks the various sins committed by him 
through the body, speech and mind. 
5. arse Gso-sbyon—the cleansing of sins. This a 
describes how a person can emancipate hims? 
rom sins by going through certain rigorous practice 
prescribed by the community of monks. 
It has already been stated that the Tibetan So-sor-that-P* 
corresponds to the Chinese Po-lo-ti-mo-ca and the Pali Pat 
mokkha. The Po-lo-ti-mo-ca was translated into English bY 
v. S. Beal and published in the Journal of the Royal Asiati¢ 
Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1862. The Chine* 
a ae 
1 Ba553" aap 3a: agar ara: Ear BAR ae c 2: "RE ala 
%qarge'ge'e* || (Dpag-bsam-ljon-bza, edited by Rai 8. C. Das, Babs: 
dur, C.1.E., p. 115. b 
2 The So-sor-thar-pa explaining ‘‘ Ch » has been edited : 
M. M. Dr. Satis Chandra Vidyabh a ubhhabe the Gover! 
ment of Bengal, Calcutta. eee On ae 
