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4. ^iSi^ «.ffITT W, Varna-sutra-vrtti-nama (Tib. ^*^'^'" 



^^ ^'^^'^'^*(^^'S*^)-Commentary on the Var- 

 na-sutra by Dliarmapala. 



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It extends over leaves 41a — 46a of the Tangjur mdo, Le 

 and begins with an invocation to Manjulri-Kumarabhuta. The 

 work, which consists of 119 stanzas, was compiled bj the teacher 



Dharmapala ( cB^'gC ). It was translated into Tibetan by the 



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interpi^eter S'akja-Gelong Ni-ma-rgyal-intshan-dpal-bzan-po, with 

 the help of the great Nepalese Pandita JetraVarna of the town of 

 Yambu. The translation was completed in the monastery of 

 Ppal-thar-pahi-glin. It ends thus : " May this continue on the 



earth like the snn and moon !" 



5. ^fV=frR^??'^*lW, Adhikara-samgraha-nama (Tib. ^^ 



qt^C-q-y^C'^qi-q^-qSI^'q'lSj^'g'qj^A collection 



of governing rules (of ia-kara or case-eiiilings). 



It extends over leaves 46a — 556 of the Tangyur mdo, Le, 



and begins tlius : STI^^'g'^^^Y^^'^S^'^'^^T'^^^'S^^ 



q]q-CI-rT]aj-5I|3^'ni3j-q'2^5j ] [ 



c\g^^^-gW3^'<:\<saj-=5iI 



•^•<^3q'^ai-W^=T|'|'CT|^|| 



" Salutation to the lord of speech, tlie tca(*her of non- 

 duality. 



Bowin<^ to the perfect, omniscient and beneh'f^fnt teacher of 



the world, I compile (this giummar which is) small but plain/* 



The work is divided into six chapters of four sections each, 

 and was translated into Tibetan by Bhiksu I)pal-ldan-blo-gr'H. 



