108 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. {Apyril, 1905. 
Khyungo-chan ! was called Ra-deng from (rwa, ‘a horn,’ and sgreng, 
‘standing erect.’) The large silver tomb which contains Atiga’s? 
remains is the most remarkable of all the sacred objects of Ra-deng. 
The central chapel of the monastery contains a complete set of the 
images of the Tantrik pantheon, in which Buddha is observing the 
triple vows, Maitreya watching the course of the world, and the 
four gods of medicine (Manlha) * looking to the four quarters as in 
life. Outside the cupola of the great Chorten was constructed the 
mansion of the chief Tantrik deity of Guhya Samaja (the mystic 
commune) with a number of mystical gods, all in relief. When 
the erection of the monastery with the images was completed, 
Dom-ton-pa is said to have propitiated the god of the Tushita 
heaven toenable him to have his monastery consecrated by his 
spiritual father. Accordingly, Atiga, who was then seated on the 
right of Maitreya, the coming Buddha, showered flowers toward 
Ra-deng from Tushita. Dom-ton-pa presided over the monastery 
for eight years. 
At Ra-deng there is a golden image of Milaras-pa, the famous 
Buddhist saint._ It is said that the Jungar Mongolian Chief, who 
persecuted the Nin-ma' Buddhists in 1716, on his way to Lhasa 
visited Ra-deng, and was much astonished when he was told that 
the hair on the head of the saints’ image was not artificial. In 
the library of Ra-deng there were many rare ancient Sanskrit 
works kept sealed by the Government of Lhasa. Ra-deng was 
the chief seat of the first and the earliest Buddhist hierarchy of 
Tibet and belonged to the Kahdam-pa School. 
The Monastery of GaH-DAN. 
aaIA'aI x EREIS a AA aC 
Tsong-khapa the great Buddhist reformer of Tibet, in fulfilment 
of a certain prophecy of Buddha, in the year 1408 A.D., established 
the grand annual prayer congregation of Lhasa, called the Mon-lam$ 
chen-po. After making offerings to the gods he prayed for the 
welfare of all living beings. In the autumn of the same year he 
examined the auspicious signs regarding the suitability of a plot 
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BEATS 
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AS | The name by which Dipamkara Qrijfiana the high- 
priest of Vikrama Gila Vihéra of Magadha is known all over Tibet. He was 
Dom-ton-pa’s spiritual teacher and died at Ne-thang near Lhasa only three 
years before the foundation of the monastery. 
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