436 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1911.] 
The philosophical ideas embodied in this fragment are 
characterized by boldness which is rare even in works that are 
reality is can not be gathered from this fragment. Aryadeva 
is reputed to be pupil of Nagarjuna, the author of the Madhya- 
maka or the Sunyavada theory. In this work, however, Arya- 
deva though refuting the Vaibhasikas does not seem to say 
anything against the Madhyamkas; yet the work is called 
-Bodhisattva-yogacara. And the probability is that he is a 
teacher of Yogacara or the Vijfiana-vada theory. That the 
Aupanisadas and the later Vedintists borrowed largely from 
adeva’s works is undoubted. This book, therefore, is ex- 
tremely valuable as one of the earliest works on the tran- 
scendental school of thought in India. 
. anjio speaks of the translations of nine works 
by Aryadevas in Chinese, the Catuhéatakas is not one of them. 
It is said to have a Tibetan translation. The fragment, there- 
fore, is that of a unique work, both as regards the text and the 
commentary. 
One other work of Aryadeva in Sanskrit was found by me 
and published in J.A.S.B. n 1898. I could not find the name 
Professor Schervetzky, and he wasconvinced of the genuineness 
of the work. He pronounced it to be a great discovery. He said 
__4t is not out of place to mention here that though I have. 
paid great attention in transcribing and trying to understand 
Sa all ata a ea te liane aah cane eae eae ge eg eee 
