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^ 3. Pramana-mmuccaya-vrtti (Tib.: Tshad-ma-kun-las-btus- 

 yahi-hgrel-wa)— a commentaty in prose on No. 1 bj Dfgna^a 

 liimself. It seems that the Sanskrit originals ofNos. 2 and 8 were 

 identical though the Tibetan versions are different. It extends 

 •over 84 leaves of the Tangyur, indo, ce (leaf 96—180) and begins 

 with an invocation to Buddha. At the end of the 6th chapter it 

 is stated that the commentary was translated into Tibetan by the 

 Indian sage S\^arnayudha, Tib : Gser-gyi-go cha (in the monastery 

 ■of S'i-wahi-dge-gnas) and the Tibetan interpreter Dad-pa-ses- 

 rab. 



4. Visaldmalavati-ndvia'pramana-samuccaya-tikS (Tib. : Talis 



•pa-daii-dri-ma-med-pa-daa-ldan-pa-shes-bya-wahi-tshad- ma -kan" 

 las-btus-pahi-hgrel-bsad) — a comprehensive commentary in prose 

 on No. 1 by Jinendrabodhi (Tib: Rgyal-dwao-blo-gros). It ex- 

 tends over 359 leaves of the Tangyur constituting the volume re 

 ®f section mdo. It begins with an invocation to Buddha and ends 

 with stating that Jinendi-abodhi, the commentator, was a vener- 

 able countryman of the Bodhisattva. The commentary was trans- 

 lated into Tibetan by the Tibetan interpreter Rdo-rje-rgyal- 

 mtshan with the assistance of the interpreter Pge-aloa-dpal-ldan- 



iblo-gros. 



5. Nyaya-praveso-ndma-pramdna-prakarana ^ (Tib. : Tshad- 



ma-rigs-par-hjug-pahi-sgo-shes-bya-wahi-rab-tu-byed-pa)^a trea- 

 tise on proofs in verse named " an entrance to logic " by Dignaga. 

 It extends over five leaves of the Tangyur, mdo, ce (leaf 183 — 188), 

 and begins with an invocation to Mafiju-sri-kumara-bhata, It 



■was 



a-sri-raksita (Tib, : Thams-cad-mkhyen-dpal-Jjsrua) and the 

 famous g'akya Bhiksu Rgyal-mtshan-dpal-^zan, in the great Sa- 



skya monastery. 



6. Pramdna-sastra-pravesa (Chinese: Ga-yen-miri-gshah-cin- 

 lihi-lun, Tib. : ' Tshad-mahi __ _ _ _ ^ -. ^ , , 

 •entrance to the science of proofs " in verse by Dignaga. It con- 

 -fiists of five leaves (leaf 188— 193j of the Tangyur, mdo, ce, and 

 begins with an invocation to Maaju-ghosa. The original text, 

 which had been written in Sanskrit verse by Dignaga, was trans- 

 lated into Chinese by the Chinese interpreter Thasam-tsan. 

 The Chinese version was translated into Tibetan by the Chinese 

 scholar Dge-^es-sia-gyaii and the Tibetan monk gton-gshon, in 



"the Sa-skya monastery. 



7. HetU'Cakra-hamaru * ( Tib : Gtan-tshigs-kyi-hkhor-lo- 

 gtan-la-dwab-pa) — " establishment of the wheel of reasons '* in 

 verse by Dignaga. It consists of only one leaf of the Tangyur, 

 Gido, ce (leaf 193 — 194) and begins with an invocation to Mafiju- 

 ^ri-kumarabhuta, as well as to the Omniscient Buddha, the de- 

 stroyer of the net of errors. 



The subject of the treatise is the 



1 Probably the same as Nyaya-dvara-Sistra (Bunjia Nanjio, No8. 1223, 

 1224). Vide I-fcsing, edited by Takakusu, p. 186. 



A Probably the same as Frajtiapti-heta-aaipj^aha ftstra. Vide I-Utog, 



-edited by Takakaaa, p. 187. 



