2 Abstract of the Contents of the Dul-vd. [Jan. 



The Dulvd, according- to the analysis now submitted, comprises 

 seven portions. 



1. Tib. Dul-va-zhi ; Sans. Vinaya-vastu. The substance or basis 

 of discipline, 4 vols. 



2. Tib. So-sor-t'har-pe-do ; Sans. Pratimoksha Sutra. Rules for 

 emancipation, 30 leaves. 



3. Tib. Dul-va-nam-par- jet-pa ; Sans. Vinayavibhanga. Neglect 

 of discipline or transgression, 4 vols. 



4. Tib. Ge-long-ma-so-sor-thar-pe-do ; Sans. Bhikshuni-prati-mok- 

 sha Sutra. Rules for emancipation for nuns, or female mendicants. 



5. Tib. Ge-long-ma-dul-va-nam-par-jet-pa ; Sans. Bhikshuni- 

 vinaya-vibhanga. Neglect of the discipline by female mendicants, in one 

 volume, with the preceding tract. 



6. Tib. Dul-va-phran-tshegs-kyi-zhi ; Sans. Vinaya-kshudraka- 

 vastu. Minor essentials of discipline, 2 vols. 



7. Tib. Dul-va-zhung-la-ma ; Sans. Vinaya Uttara-grantha. The 

 last treatise on discipline, 2 vols. 



Some admit only four divisions of the Dul-va, termed in Sanscrit : — 

 1. Vinaya-vastu. 2. Pratimoksha Sutra, and Vinaya-vibhanga. 3. Vi- 

 naya-kshudraka-vastu ; and 4. Vinaya Uttara-grantha. 



The first part of the Vinaya-vastu treats of the Pravrajita-vastu, 

 the circumstances under which the religious profession may be adopted. 



It opens with an account of the hostilities that usually prevailed 

 between the kings of Anga, the country about Bhagalpur, aud the 

 kings of Magadha, or Behar, until Padma-chenpo, sovereign of the 

 latter, became tributary to his rival, an event that happened shortly 

 before Sakya's appearance on earth. 



Before the same occurrence also, the birth and education of Vimba- 

 sa'ra, surnamed Srenika, the son of Padma-chenpo, are described. 

 The young prince encourages his father to withhold the tribute, and 

 in the war that ensues, defeats, and kills the sovereign of Anga, and 

 annexes that country to his patrimonial government. He subsequently 

 succeeds his father, and is ruling at his -capital Rdjagriha, at the time 

 of Sa'kya's birth. 



The particulars of Sa'kya's birth are not enumerated in this place ; 

 but an account is given of his two first disciples Sariputra and 

 Mangalayana, two young philosophical Brahmans, who have studied 

 under different masters, without being satisfied with any of their 

 instructions ; the particular of whose tenets are enumerated. At last 

 they find Sa'kya teaching in Rdjagriha, and attach themselves to his 

 person. 



