‘Vol. I, No. 5.] Sarvajiia-mitra. 157 
[N. 8.] ; 
rm in Kasmira, was a student of the monastery at Nalanda in 
Magadha where he became a great master of sciences. The king 
to whom he sold his person is called Vajra-mukuta in the Sanskrit 
Bahadur, C.I.H. According to this work Sarvajfia-mitra, though 
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being led by his son, he inquired where he was going. Being : 
told that the blind Brahmana who was very poor had started on 
his distant journey to beg help from Sarvajfia-mitra of 
Nalanda, he was overpowered with pity and determined to sell his 
own body to give gold to the helpless beggar. At this time he 
learnt that King Sarana, who at the advice of his wicked spiritual 
guide had undertaken the performance of a Yajia in which 
human sacrifices were necessary, was in search of one more victim 
ich was wanting to complete the full number. The king was 
of her celestial robe and was carried to the land of his bi th. 
The same story is related in Lama Taranatha’s history of 
Buddhism (vide A. Schiefner, p. 168 ff.). : 
Neither in the Sragdhara-stotra nor in its commentary is there 
Any mention of the date of either of thetwo works. Dr, Rajendra 
Lala Mitra who notices the two works in his Buddhist Literature of 
Nepal, p. 228, says nothing about their dates. The Rajatarangini, the 
well-known chronicle of Kagmira, supplies us, however, with some 
