122 



Journal of the Asiatic Society of BenyaL [February, 1907. 



It extends over leaves 1 — 35a of the Tangjur, mdo, Le, and 



begins with a salutation to the god of speech ( ^^'^'^^^'5^ ) 



and to the Omniscient One ( ^^^'^^'5J|^c3I J, It is divided into 



six chapters ( ^^ ) of four feet each ( ^CI'^ ) and was written 

 by the great venerable teacher Candra-gomi. It was translated 

 into Tibetan by the interpreter S'akya-bhiksu Ni-ma-rgyal-mtshan- 

 dpal-bzan, with the help of* the great Nepalese Brahman- 



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pandita Jetakarna, the crest gem of all linguists. The translation 



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was made in the monastery of the Dpal-thar pa-glifi ('I'har-pa 

 being a place near Dong-tse in Tibet). Tt ends thus : — " May 



this continue on the earth as the sun and moon ! 



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2. f^'JTrEni^JT^fTTiniT, Viipsatyupasarga-vrtti-nama (Tib, 





mentary on the twenty prefixes, by Candra-gomi. 



Tt extends over leaves 356 — 39?> of the Tangyur, uido, Le, and 

 begins with an obeisance to Manjusri-Kuniara-bhiita. The author 

 of the work was Candra-gomi._ It was translated into Tibetan by 

 the interpreter S'akya-bhiksu Ni-ma-rgyal-mtshan-dpal-bzan, with 

 the help of the great linguist Pandita Jetakarna. The translation 

 was completed in the monastery of Dpal-thar-pa-glin. It ends 

 thus : " May this continue on the earth like the sun and moon ! " 



3. W^^^iim, Varna-sutra-nama (Tib. ^ ' ^f3^ ' 51^*(^^ * 



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^'^ \ — The aphorisms on the alphabet by Candra- 

 gomi. 



^ It extends over leaves 40a— 41a of the Tangyur, mdo, Le, and 

 begins with an obeisance to Mafijusii-Kumarabbuta. ~ • 



This work, which had originally been compiled bj Candra- 

 gonii, was translated into Tibetan by the interpreter S'akya-bhiksu 



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:gyal 



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In tbe Society there is nlso a manuscript of the commentary on 

 Candia-vyakaranft, named Paiijika. by Ratnamati. 



