Vol. VI, No. 8.] Ladvags rGyalrabs. 403 



[N.S.] 



Saga, (Kumudi), he subdued the devil (Mara). On the morning 

 (or next morning) of the same day and year, he became a perfect 

 Sctngs rgyas ( Buddha ) . 



Exactly on the same evening, a boy was born to Grogs 

 'adzinma, and as the moon was [just then] seized by sGra gcan, 

 (Halm), the boy received the name of sGra gcan 'adzin (Rahula). 

 Then king Zas gtsang said : " It is [now] six years since Shaky a 

 thubpa became a mendicant. This son of Grogs 'adzinma is not 

 a son of Shalcya thubpa !" Thus saying, he blamed Grogs 'adzin- 

 ma, and she cried. Then he placed the boy on a stone in a pond, Fol. 106 

 saying : c< If he is Shalcya thubpa' s son, may the [stone] swim 

 on the water ! If he is not Shaky a thubpa' s son, may the stone 

 sink !" The stone remained above the depth of the pond, like 

 a leaf of a tree. When king Zas gtsang saw this, he entered 

 the water with his clothes on, took [the boy] on his lap, and 

 lovingly caressed him. He also became a mendicant, and the 

 royal line came to an end. 



Altogether, from Mangpos bkurba to sGra gcan 'adzin, 

 there are 10,66,511 kings, or bCom Idan 7 adas (Buddha) and 

 sGra gcan 'adzin included, 10,66,513. 



Notes on this chapter : Schlagintweit mentions the following 

 books as treating of the same or similar subjects : 



Csoma, On the Origin of the Sakya Race, J.A.S.B., vol. ii. 



Csoma, Notices on the Life of Sakya, As. Res., vol. xx. 



Fausboll und Weber, Die Pali-Legende von der Entstehung 

 des Sakya-und Koliya-Geschlechtes, Ind. Stud., Bd. v. 



Foucaux, rGya cher rolpa (Lalita-vistara). 



Schiefner, Eine tibetische Lebensbeschreibung SSkya- 

 muni's, Mem. des- sav. etrang.de Petersb., vol. vi. 



Schiefner, Uber die Verschlechterungsperioden der Mensch- 

 heit. Bull. hist. phil. der Petersb. Akademie, Bd. ix. 

 Tumour, The Mahavamso. 



Part IV. — The Kings of Leu and Lhasa down to 



Lang darma. 



The head of the line (lit, lineal king) is sFu rgyal, the king 

 of Tibet. There is not much material [to utilise]. Alt-hough 

 there are [books called] rGyal spunpo gsum khug blonpoi 

 rgyal rnthsan, the gSangba or 9 aBru bdus, and many others, 

 yet, if we compare (collect) them, the following two remarkable 

 facts [come to light] : 



( Verses ) . 



Weil known is the lineage of the gods according to Bonpo 



ideas ; 

 ilysterious remains the lineage of men according to Buddhist 



ideas. 



