156 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (May, 1905- 
18. Sarvajiia-mitra—a Tantrika Buddhist author of Kasmira in 
the 8th century A.D.—By Pror. Satis Cuanpra Vipyapnusana, M.A. 
Among the manuscripts presented to the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal by Mr. Hodgson, there is a Buddhist Sanskrit work 
named Sragdhara-stotra by Sarvajfia-mitra. The work derives its 
d : 
‘he commentator states that Sarvajiia-mitra, the author of 
Sragdhara-stotra, was a devout monk of Kasmira and was re- 
he Brahmana, who was going to the place of Sarvajiia-mitra 
himself for help, having learnt that the latter had nothing left 
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fulfilled if he cou was imself sitting on J00;.8 Ss 
were miraculously saved and taken to their respective homes. 
Heaps of gold equal to the weight of the victims remained depo- 
sited on the edge of the tank. The king, surprised at the miract- 
lous power of the monk, became a disciple of his. ‘ 
The s of Sarvajiia-mitra and a literal Tibetan translatiop 
of the Sragdhara-stotra are to be found in the Tangyur, sectiop 
Reyud, vol. L. 
A similar story about Sarvajfia-mitra is narrated in the Tibetan 
work called Pagsam-jon-zang edited by Rai Sarat Chandra Das 
a ad ae eee 
G 1The Sragdhara metre contains twenty-one syllables in each foot broken 
into three equa] parts. In the Chandomaijari, the Srag hara verse 1s 
thus scanned :— 
met ae ee ae eve 
