84 Historical and Grammatical Works in Tibet. 
(S. Shubhendra), translated from Sanskrit. The ‘‘ rnam-t’ har ”’ 
or legendary narrative (contained in the bstan-gyur) of eighty- 
four persons, in ancient India. How they were emancipated, 
or acquired preternatural faculties. 
The 5aQ5 mam-thar, of the sixteen principal disciples 
( ABA AAG nétan) of SHsKya. 
The hundred acts of Suékya compiled by TsR«nsTHa, a 
Tibetan Lama, in the seventeenth century. 
The twelve acts of Suixya, by Srona-TSAN-GAMBO, in the 
Manikabum. 
The *‘ skyés-rabs-brgya-pa ’’ or one hundred new births or 
regenerations, by a Lama of the Karmapa sect. . 
ere are in the Dulva biographical notices of several princes, 
wealthy citizens, and other illustrious persons, in ancient India. 
Amongst the Grungs (R58) or fabulous narratives, the 
** Kesér Grungs”’ (ATS HCA ) or fabulous history of KrsaR 
. . . r Hie: , . » 
a warlike ancient king in central Asia, is much celebrated in Tibet. 
On Stan-cis (Br AYA ZS ) or astronomical calculations of 
some events or epochs, occurring in the sacred volumes of 
Shastras, there are likewise several works, in Tibet. this 
kind are the commentaries on the ‘* Kdla chakra or dus-kyi- 
hk’hor-lo,’’ in Tibetan, made by several learned men,—as ; 
by ‘* Bu-ston ”’ (435) in the fourteenth century, by ‘‘ Jo 
nang-pa ”’ by ‘“‘ Mk’has-grub’’ in the fifteenth century; by 
Panch’-hen-blo-bzang-ch’hos-kyi-rgyel-mts’han,’’ by ‘‘ Padm 
karpo’’—(a celebrated Lama of the Bruk-pa sect, in the 
sixteenth century. 
so a commentary on the Kala chakra, and the history of 
the Buddhistic religion, written in Tibetan by a Mongol Lama 
(Sum-bha-zhabs-trung) in the last century. 
The “* résis-kyi-hbyung Whungs”” ( Zartyaqnmcal) ele 
ments of calculations by ‘‘MxK’Has-GRUB-rayA-mTs’ HO”’ and 
s ZANG-TGYA-mTS’HO.’” The substance of these works 
have been embodied in the ‘‘ Baidurya, Dkarpo’’ an astTo- 
nomical, &¢., work, written ny. 7 SANG-RGYAS-rG¥A-MTS'HO, 
@ regent at Lassa, in the last half of the seventeenth century: 
List of such Indian (or Sanskrit) grammatical works, 28 
have been known to the ancient Tibetan learned men, and partly 
