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Translation. 



From the fourth abridged commentary on the Kdla chakra. 



1 After Tathagata, the most accomplished Buddha, the Bhagavdn 

 had been delivered from pain (or sorrow, i. e. had died) here in A'ryade- 

 sha, the compilers writing in books the three vehicles (or works on the 

 three-fold principles) they expressed all the three true repositories of 

 Sutra of Tathagata in his language. The Stitra class in the Sindhu 

 language. The Prajnyd pdramitd and the Mantras, in Sanskrit. The 

 several sorts of Tantras, in several languages : Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apa- 

 bhransha, in that of the mountaineers, and all sorts of mlechchhas. The 

 compilers thus collected all the doctrines taught by the all-knowing. 

 Accordingly all the three vehicles ( Yanam) in Tibet were written in 

 the Tibetan language. In China, in Chinese; in great China in great 

 Chinese. In the Parsika country, in Parsik language. On the north 

 of the Sita (Jaxartes) river, in the languages of the Champaka country, 

 the Ape or Monkey country, and of the Gold-land (or country). Thus it 

 has been said.' 



24th March, 1838. A. Csoma." 



[Note. I have not given a lithograph of Captain Lang's excellent facsimile on 

 doth of the Girnar inscription at length, because I am in hopes of soon having it re- 

 vised on the spot, either by Dr. Burn or by Lieut. Postans, when I shall hasten 

 to publish in a reduced form.— J. P.] 



