86 Quotations from original Sanscrit [Feb. 



of gods (Devatds), and above these, upon a Lotos of precious stones, 

 sustaining the mansion of the moon (or a moon-crescent) sits Prdjnd 

 Paramita, in the Lallita-dsan manner* ; Prdjnd, the mother of all the 

 gods (Prasu-bhagavatdny) , and without beginning or end, (anddyant.) 

 (Bhadra Kalpavaddn.J 



3. I make salutation to the Prdjnd Devi, who is the Prdjnd Paramita, 

 the Prdjnd rupa, the Nir rupa, and the universal mother. (Pujd hand. J 



4. Thou Prdjnd art, like Akash, intact and intangible ; thou art 

 above all human wants ; thou art established by thy own power. He 

 who devoutly serves thee serves the Tathdgata also. {Ashta Sahasrika.) 



5. Thou mighty object of my worship ! thou Prdjnd, art the sum of 

 all good qualities ; and Buddha is the Gdrd of the world. The wise 

 make no distinction between thee and Buddha. (Ashta Sahasrika.) 



6. O thou who art merciful to thy worshippers, the benevolent, 

 knowing thee to be the source of Bauddha excellence, attain perfect 

 happiness by the worship of thee ! (Ditto.) 



7. Those Buddhas who are merciful, and the Gurus of the world, all 

 such Buddhas are thy children. Thou art all good, and the universal 

 mother (Sakaljagat Pitd MahiJ. (Ditto.) 



8. Every Buddha assembling his disciples instructs them how from 

 unity thou becomest multiformed and many named. (Ditto.) 



9. Thou comest not from any place, thou goest not to any place. 

 Do the wise nowhere find theef ? (Ditto.) 



10. The Buddhas, Pratyeka Buddhas, and Srdvakas\, have all de- 

 voutly served thee. By thee alone is absorption obtained. These are 

 truths revealed in all Shdstras. (Ditto.) 



1 1 . What tongue can utter thy praises, thou of whose being (or 

 manifestation) there is no cause by thy own will. No Purdna hath 

 revealed any attribute by which thou mayest certainly be known. (Ditto.) 



12. When all was Sunydta, Prdjnd Devi was revealed out of Akdsh 

 with the letter U ; Prdjnd, the mother of all the Buddhas and Bodhi- 

 satwas, in whose heart Dharma ever resides ; Prdjnd, who is without 

 the world and the world's wisdom, full of the wisdom of absolute truth : 



like manner, the five elements are frequently mentioned, without allusion to the 

 6th, which however occurs in fit places. Omission of this sort is no denial. 



* i. e. one leg tucked under the other, advanced and resting on the bow of 

 the moon. crescent. 



f The force of the question is this, the wise certainly find thee. 



% The Buddhas are of three grades : the highest is Mahd Ydna, the medial, 

 PratijiJca, and the lowest, Sravdka. These three grades are called collectively 

 the Tri-Ydna, or three chariots, bearing their possessors to transcendental glory. 



