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in sitting posture and surrounded by their respective eight disci- 
ples. Inthe temple of Na-chu-tug raereyty there arethe sixteen 
adecair (sages) brought from China by the illustrious Phag-pa 
ing the reign of the Emperor Khublai Khan. In the new chapel 
sacred to the of the image of Vajra 
Bhairava is the ont = oa at ro on its left is the image 
of the Lord of Death with his horrid train, The principal temple 
Lama; 6th, Panchen Hecinieg ri ete of Tashithunpo ; s 
Nag-wang Lozang Gyatsho, the 5th Dalai Lama; 8th, Nag- 
wang Yece Gyatsho (Pakardsin- -pa); 9th, Kalyang yale (7th 
Dalai Lama) in the year 1726 
The Monastery o * Merv was one of the four sanctuaries 
Leet at the four cardinal points of Lhasa by King Ralpachan 
n the 9th Century A.D. It was abolished by King Langdarma, 
= t was afterwards restored to its former condition and formed 
the metropolitan monastery. 
CHAGPOIRI is a monastic institution with classes vat the study 
of medicine. It is called the Man-pa Tva-tshang or the Medical 
College. It does not contain more than one banded pupils. 
Piano bias was anciently King Srong-tsan Gampo’s favourite 
resort, where he used to propitiate his tutelary deities. The sev 
early monk- scholars called Sedmi-midtin also had their eniduie 
there. During the persecution of Buddhism by King Langdarma 
b e 
pS of the tenth pee when Minister Pa he Lhindub of the 
family of Khon rescued it from ruin. Since then it has been 
in 
g. , 
Sangphu Nehu thang, situated on a hill beyond Nethang, W we 
founded by Dég Leg-ce in the same year when Sakya 
established. 
