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sentient beings — to that lord of the world (Buddha) bowing down 

 I bring this out fully." ^ 



The Tibetan version begins with a salutation to the Omnis- 



cient One ( ^5I^'6^'3iIgaj'q ) I 



12. Pramana-pariksa, <3^^'3^'«^S^'q — ^^ examination of 



the means of knowledge. 



It extends over leaves 215a — 237& of the Tangyur, mdo, ze. 

 The work, which was composed by the teacher Dharraottara 



( ^'^^ ), opens thus :— 



*' It is a very strange thing that the unlearned men, though 

 their eyes are opened^ do, in consequence of their own nature, turn 

 away from Pramana (the means of kuowledge), and the learned 

 ones owing to mistakes (or delusions) not acquiring it, suffer 

 various miseries ; who having clearly explained it has made the 

 entire world to strive after and acquire the same — to that expound- 

 er of Pramana, the Sugata, bowing down, I explain Pramana."* 



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(Tangyur, mdo, ze, leaf 214a.) 



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