114. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (April, 1905. 
In the Go-chye-khang there are the images of Buddha and a 
silver Chorten. In the further niché of the Dukhang there is a 
golden image of the coming Buddha, In the front hall of the 
Dukhang there are the Dharma Pala. The most remarkable 
object in the passage of circumambulation round the monastery is 
a small OChaitya (said to be one of the 84,000 chaitya constructed 
by Emperor Agoka) which was brought from Magadha. There is 
also a Tantrik image of Hayagriba with the goddess Vajra Varahi 
in his clasp, 
The Monastery of Dapone. 
ALIA AA ARAN SCAT STATI SF MAT SATAN TNA | 
Dapiing the great monastery of lower U, now the premier 
monastery of Tibet, was founded by Jam-yang Choije! in the year 
Fire-monkey, i.e. 1415 A.D. with 5,000 monks. His father Gah-wa 
Nor-shon, on account of his wealth, was believed to have been an 
incarnation of Vaicravana the god of riches. Jam-yang was 
born at Sam-yé, and admitted into the sacred order at Tse- 
thang (Chethang). He received his first lessons in sacred litera- 
ture from the abbots of Sangphu. At Gahdan, Tsongkhapa and 
his principal disciples ordained him with the final vows of the 
order of Bhiksu. At Tashi Dokha, Tsong-khapa advised Jam-yang 
and his friend Namkha Zangpo, the Governor of Nehu-Dsong, to 
found a monastery after the model of the ancient monastery of 
Cri-dhanya Kataka of Southern India. One night, while Jam-yang 
was asleep in the fort of Nehu-Dsong he saw in adream the god 
Nam-fa Karpo telling him that if he founded a monastery at Dar= 
bag thang, situated in front of the hill called Gephel Rivo-che, he 
could get 5,000 monks to reside and study init. Accordingly, he 
visited Dar-bag and Rivo-che, There he saw several fountains and 
small lakes called ‘‘ the lakes of fortune.”” On another occasion, 
while seated on the margin of a lake situated on the top of Lang- 
chen ri, Tsong-khapa mentioned to him that that was “the lake of 
learning.” Another night he dreamt that several men were 
assembled on a river’s edge in order to crossit. Jam-yang at 
once swam to the opposite bank and threw a bridge across to 
enable others to follow him. After several such curious dreams 
he determined to found the monastery of Dapting. Tsong-khapa 
supplied him with the necessary plan after the model of Cri- 
dhanya Kataka, and his friend the Governor of Nehu Dsong, fur- 
nished him with funds ; and through the joint exertions of Jam- 
yang and his patron, Dapting was founded. On account of the 
Governor’s help the rich nobles of Tibet gave endowments of 
lands to it and sent their boys for religious education there. 
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