
54. Some Rare Sanskrit Works on Grammar, Lexico- 
graphy and Prosody recovered from Tibet, No. 2. 
By Manimaworapuyaya Satis CHANDRA VIDYABHUSANA, 
Pa.D 
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is paper es a short account of the Tibetan versions of 
some rare works rammar, Lexicography and Prosody, the 
Sanskrit originals of several of which are still extant in India, 
The Tibetan versions are included in the Tangyur which the 
writer of the paper examined while residing at the monastery of 
Pamiangchi, Sikkim, in October 1908. A most remarkable work 
in the lot is the Chandoratnakara by Ratnakera Santi of 
Vikramasila, the Sanskrit original of which is extinct in India 
but preserved in Tibet along with the Tibetan version. 
l. @ranw famestaa ara,! Far Ry sIa IQA 
SATIS ST 3'4—Hlucidation of verbs ending 
in tz, etc. 
The Tibetan version of this work extends over folios 1—75 
of the Tangyur, Szra, Po. The original Sanskrit text was com- 
ae by the sage Rama-yasas? (called in Tibetan silica 


1 The original reading is apq~ney sheenetrenenk: which has been 
a a weir jatiab in conformity with the Tibetan title. 
2 Ram the 
rahmana at whose request the KaSmirian poet 
Kicdiinee ie: his " Avedinaailpalats and other works. 
| 
wReaiiea se aradreifeat sarz ti 8 |i 
phpdiblanternsiiereae ened Be ae 
FAT THAT GO aga 
(irtaiustatpalats, Introduction.) 
Now, Ksemendra was a » contemporary of King Ananta of Kiasmira, as is 
evident from pe tohlowing 
(Avadanakalpalata, Introduction.) 
King Ananta reigned i in —— ae ae aga A.D., vide Dr. Stein’s 
f Raja socal 
gg om a chotaliae, tk fived 1 in the ‘middle ot ‘the eleventh century A.D. 
