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40. A Descriptive List of Works on the Madhyamika 
Philosophy, No. I. 
By ManAmanopaprydya Dr. Satis CHANDRA VIDYABHOSANA, 
M.A., PH.D. 
This paper gives a short account of the Tibetan versions of 
27 works on the Madhyamika philosophy, the Sanskrit originals 
of which, with one exception, appear to have long been lost. The 
Tibetan versions are included in the well-known collection called 
the Tangyur, which the writer of the paper examined while resid- 
ing at the monastery of Labrang in Sikkim in June 1907. . They 
inclnde the works of Arya Nagarjuna, Arya Deva and Buddha 
Palita, besides those of teacher Bhavya, who criticised his contempo- 
neous systems of Hindu philosophy, v7iz., the Yoga, Samkhya, 
Vaisesika, Vedinta and Mimamsa. These works, which have not 
been noticed elsewhere, are very important as ll will throw:a 
good deal of light on the history of Indian philosophy 
1 waar ae aria! (vib, ATA SAL SST 
Aax aN Qy “Gat qa Say" y 4 )—Memorial verses 
on the fundamental Madhyamika philosophy 
named Prajia (wisdom). 
This work extends over folios 1—20 of the ee ete Mdo, Tsa. 
The text was composed by Arya Nagarjuna. It w ranslated 
into Tibetan under orders of the great king Dpal-Iha- hia by the 
great Indian Mahayana sage Jiiana-garbha and the Tibetan inter- 
preter-monk of Shu-chen named Cog-ro-kluhi-rgyal-mtshan._ The 
translation was “subsequ ently revised in ‘the central monastery of 
the unparalleled city of Kasmira by the Kasmirian sage Ha-su-mati 
and the Tibetan interpreter Pa-tshab-fii-ma-grags. The Tibetan 
version begins with a wader to Mafiju-sri-kumara-bhita. The 
original text begins thus 
apa y BeaSaren age | 
Qayerals ray s5 1 || 


| This is the same as the Sanskrit Madhyamika Siitra which has been 
os ade from Nepal and printed in the a cas Buddhica series of 
8t. Petersburgh as well as inthe text series of the Calcutta Buddhist. Text 
Society. The Sanskrit prigingle of the remaining works in the present: 
appear to have been lost. 
