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4. Nine Bodhisatwas are invoked in this stanza, for all of whom the commentator 

 claims a celestial origin and parentage, as follows : — 



Aryavalokeswar, Son of Amitabha. 



Maitreya, ditto ,, Vairo Chana. 



Gagan Ganja, ditto ,, Akshobhya. 



Vajra Pani, ditto „ ditto. 



Manja Natha, ditto ,, ditto. 



Samanta Bhadra, ditto,, Vairo Chana. 



Kshiti garbha, .. .. .. ditto,, Ratna Sambhava. 



Kha Garbha, ditto ,, Amitabha. 



Sarvani Varana Viskambhi, .. ditto ,, Amogha. 

 In this enumeration the more familiar names of the Bodhisatwas are preferred to 

 those of the text. This commentator was doubtless an Aishwarika Bauddha, and a 

 recent one who, according to the prevalent modern fashion has resolutely assigned a 

 heavenly origin to Bodhisatwas of mortal mould. The first (who is the same with 

 Padma Pani,) fourth and sixth are notoriously celestial sons of the Divine Buddhas 

 to whom they are assigned, but the others, and especially Manjnath, are doubtless 

 of mortal origin, and historical personages. 



5. May that light which, a proportion of himself, the supreme Bud- 

 dha caused to issue from the lotus that sprang from the seed planted 

 in Nagavasa by Vipasyi, and which, (light,) itself one, became five-fold 

 in the five Buddhas for the preservation of mankind, be propitious to 

 us. I adore it. 



5. Here the object of invocation is to the Jyoti-rup-adi Buddha of Sambhu Nath 

 mountain, a portion of the supreme Buddha revealed in Nipal in the form of flame. 

 The legend is to be found in the Sambhu Puran, but is too long for insertion here. 

 It is said by the Bouddhas of Nipal, that the ever-during flame still burns in 

 the centre of the hemisphere of Sambhu Chaitya. 



6. May that mysterious portion of Prajna, born of the lotus with 

 three leaves in the form of Guhyeswari, made manifest by Manja Deva, 

 void of form, the personification of desire, favourable to many, the 

 giver of boons to her worshippers, praised by Brahma, Vishnu and 

 Siva, revealed on the 9th day of the dark half of Marg in the fathom- 

 less waters (of Nagavasa), be propitious to us. I adore her. (Qy. it ?) 



6. The Jal-surupa-Prajnaof Nipal is here invoked, a portion of Prajna (the Sakti of 

 Adi Buddha) in the form of water. This legend is a part of the foregoing, and is to be 

 found in the Sambhu Puran. When Manja Nath had let off the waters, Jyoti-rup- 

 Buddha was revealed: Manja resolved to raise a chaitya over the sacred flame, 

 but when he essayed it, water bubbled up so strongly on the spot that he could not lay 

 a single stone : perplexed, he resorted to prayer, when Guhyis-wari or Tal-rup-Prajna 

 revealed herself for a moment; so immediately the water subsided, and Manja completed 



