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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [February, 1907,] 



Nam-rin by the great Pandita S'ri-Manika and tbe Tibetan inter- 

 preter Rdo-rje-rgyal-uatshan. 



%H^cTilTJT, Meg!iadntanama(Tib. g^'5'^5'§^'3'^ 



The cloud-messenger by Kalidasa. 

 It extends over leaves 3076 



Tangyur. 



( -^ ) and begins with an invocation to Buddha, the Lord of speech. 



The work was composed by the great poet Kalidasa ^^'^ ^ 



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Rf^ ) I Tt was translated into Tibetan by the Kasmirian Pandita 

 the great poet Sumana-sri, the famous Lotsava of Shu-chen named 

 Gelong Byan-chnb-rtse-mo and the interpreter Nam-mkhah-bzan- 



po, in the blessed monastery of Saskya, 



1 



1 The volume La of the Tangyiir, mflb, that has heen need by me in the 



I V 



preparation of this paper, waa brought down to Calcutta from Gjantse, during 



the late Tibet Mission, while volume S'e ("^ ) of the Tangyur, mdo, which 



also I have used in the paper, was given me as a loan by the India Office, 

 Jjondon, through the kind recommendation of Mr. F, W. Thomas. 



