88 Quotations fram original Sanscrit [Feb. 



the production of the world was excellently obtained*, who is beauti- 

 ful as the full moon, the mother of A'di Buddha, (Jinindra Matra,) and 

 wife of (the other) Buddha, who is imperishable as adamant. (Sddhuna 

 Mala.) 



20. That Yoni, from which the world was made manifest, is the 

 Trikondkdr Yantra. In the midst of the Yantra or trikon (triangle) is a 

 bindu (point, cypher) : from that bindu, A di Prdjnd revealed herself by 

 her own will. From one side of the triangle A'di Prdjnd produced 

 Buddha, and from another side, Dharma, and from the third side, 

 Sangha. That A'di Prdjnd is the mother of that Buddha who issued 

 from ths first side ; and Dharma, who issued from the second side, is^ 

 the wife of the Buddha of the first side, and the mother of the other 

 Buddhas. (Comment on quotation 19.) 



21 . Salutation to Prdjnd Pdramitd, the infinite, who, when all was 

 void, was revealed by her own will, out of the letter U. Prdjnd, the Sakti 

 of Updya, the sustainer of all things, (Dharmiki) the mother of the 

 world, fJagat-mdtra ;) the Dhydnrdpa, the mother of the Buddhas. The 

 modesty of women is a form of her, and the prosperity of all earthly 

 things. She is the wisdom of mortals, and the ease, and the joy, and 

 the emancipation, and the knowledge. Prdjnd is present every where. 

 (Sddhana Mdla.) 



A'di Sangha. 

 1 . That A'mitabha, by virtue of his Samta-jnydn, created the Bodhi- 

 satwa named Padma-pdni, and committed to his hands the lotos f. 

 (Gunakdranda Vyuha.) 



* Dharmadya-sangata Kamrupini, variously rendered, ' well got from the rise 

 of virtue,' ' well got from the rise or origin of the world ;' also as in text, Dhar- 

 madya, the source of all things, signifies likewise the Yoni, of which the type 

 is a triangle. See 20. The triangle is a familiar symbol in temples of the Buddha 

 Saktis, and of the Triad. & The point in the midst represents either 

 A'di Buddha or A'di Prajnd, according to the theistic or atheistic tendency of 

 his opinions who uses it. Our commentator is of the Vdmdchdr or Atheistic 

 school, and such also is his text. 



f Type of creative power. A'mitabha is the 4th Dhyani or celestial Buddha : 

 Padma-pdni is his JEon and executive minister. Palma-pdniis the prcesens Divu» 

 and creator of the existing system of worlds. Hence his identification with the 

 third member of the Triad. He is figured as a graceful youth, erect, and bearing 

 in either hand a lotos and a jewel. The last circumstance explains the meaning 

 of the celebrated Shadakshari Mantra, or six-lettered invocation of him viz. 

 Om .' Mane padme horn ! of which so many corrupt versions and more corrupt 

 interpretations have appeared from Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, Mongolese, 

 and other sources. The mantra in question is one of three, addressed to the 

 several members of the Triad. But the prcesens Divus, whether he be Augustus 

 or Padma-pdni, is every thing with the many. Hence the notoriety of this 



