1843.] Translation of the Naipdliya Devata Kalydna. 409 



25. May Abjapani, the chief followed by Hayagriva, Jatadhari 

 lokeswara, and the rest, who came from Sukhavati Bhavan, then pro- 

 ceeded to the mountain Putala, and being thence called by the Raja 

 Deva Huta to remove accumulated evils, was established with many 

 rites in Lalitapur, be propitious to us all. I adore him. 



25. Hayagriva (said to be the same with Bhairava) Jatadhari and the rest re a. 

 Abjapanis (Padma Pani) warders and menials. The names of the rest are 



1. Sudhana Kamara. 6. Akalmritya. 



2. Ajita, 7. Jaya. 



3. Aparajita. 8. Vijaya. 



4. Marsainya. 9. Abhaya Prada. 



5. Varada. 10. Dhanada 



The Buddhmargy legend here alluded to is not supported by the authority of any of 

 the Bouddha scriptures of Nipal, but rests on mere tradition. Abjapani is universally 

 identified with Padma Pani, the fourth Dhyani Bodhisatwa. The application of 

 the name and attributes of the Yogeswara Matsgendra Nath to this Deity is a 

 corruption introduced by the Siva Margi Newars, and scouted by the Bouddhas in whose 

 hands exclusively is the ministry of Abjapani's idol. The Bouddhas, however, have 

 no objection to the Siva Margi Newars, and even Brahmanical Goorkhas making offer- 

 ings to Padma Pani under any name they please, and in fact, all orders and sects 

 unite in swelling the Yatra or procession of this Deity. The Bouddha tradition says, 

 that upon the occurrence of a dreadful famine, Narendra Deva, a Raja of Bhatgong and 

 Bandhudatta, a Vajra Acharya of Pattan, invited Padma Pani to Nipal. A quaint 

 distich familiar to the learned Bouddhas fixed the date of Padma Pani's arrival at 1382 

 years from the present time. This subject is worthy of more attention than 1 have 

 yet given it. By due pains (and they shall not be wanting) I hope to procur e 

 hereafter some written account of this event. 



Notice of two Marmots inhabiting respectively the plains of Tibet and 

 the Himalayan Slopes near to the Snows, and also of a Rhinolophus 

 of the central region of Nepal. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



1. Arctomys Himalayanus of Catalogue. Potius, Tibetensis hodie. 

 Mihi. Structure typical. Tail not exceeding in length one-fourth of 

 the body and head. Molars five-four, first above unicuspide and 

 cylindrical in its body and tuberculous on the crown : the rest double, 

 low, flat and rather hollow crowned, but with a slight heel on the inner 

 extremity (towards the tongue,) and a groove between two transverse 

 ridges towards the cheek. Pelage of two sorts ; hair and wool : hair 

 the more copious, straight, elastic, adpressed, rather harsh, an inch one- 



