164 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [June, 1905. 
“ Whatever is Krtaka (produced) is destructible, this is the 
view of the Tarkikas.” bY) 
According to the peculiar calculation of the Nepalese Bud- 
dhists, the Lankavtara consists of 3,000 verses. So itis stated :— 
RIagaATAMatss Beaare fafavewa: | ae 
2ifa uma fralageatfara | 
Utaifwafas UHATAD ATTAAT | 
fate: ave: eatat fratafafa 2aaq | 
(A.S. MSS. Leaf 141.) 
“T belong to the clan of Katyayana, I am come from the Sud- 
dhavasa heaven; I teach men religion leading to the City of Nir- 
vana. This religion is an old one. I and other Tathagatas teach 
this religion by means of 3,000 Sutras (verses).” 
Katyayana to whose clan the author of the Lankavatara be- 
longed, seems to have been the same person who composed the 
Hindu socio-religious institute called Katyayana Dharma Sitra, 
for Katyayana is mentioned along with Yajiavalkya thus :— 
qlaiat: Banat aHaen aay a | 
(A.S. MSS., Chap. X., Leaf 143.) 
The Tibctan version runs thus :— 
TPS NASN SSS] 
ABV STATS GATT 
(A.S. MSS., Kangyur, Mdo, Vol. V., Leaf 293.) 
‘“Katyayana is an author of Sitra, so also is Yajiiavalkya.” 
1 The Sanskrit manuscript reads FATT | The reading yTWawaq is 
restored from Tibetan. 
