1 837.] Examination of the Pdli Buddhistical Annals. 503 



"The Kd-gyur collection comprises the seven following great divisions, which 

 are in fact distinct works. 



I. Dulvd Q5QJ T I|, (Sans. Vinaya) or, ' Discipline/ in 13 volumes. 



II. Sher-ch'hin i^I/gd}, (Sans. PrajnydramitdJ or, ' Transcendental wis- 

 dom,' in 21 volumes. 



III. P'hal-ch'hen 5JQJ T j&3j, (Sans. Buddha-vata sanga) or, ' Bauddha com- 

 munity,' in 6 volumes. 



IV. D,&on-s£ks ^^l^'^Jf 2 ]^, (Sans. Ratnaku'ta) or, ' Gems heaped up,' 

 in 6 vols. 



V. Do-de" WS r ^> (Sans. Sutranta) ' Aphorisms,' or Tracts, in 30 vols. 



VI. Nydng-dds tf^ T Q^*V, (Sans. Nirvdna) ' Deliverance from pain,' in 

 2 vols. 



VII. Gyut ^S, (Sans. Tantra) * Mystical Doctrine, Charms,' in 22 vols. 



forming altogether exactly one hundred volumes. 



" The whole Kd-gyur collection is very frequently alluded to under the name, 

 ** v/ 

 De-not-sum J**iV m&W , in Sanskrit TripitaJcdh, the ' free vessels or repo- 

 sitories,' comprehending under this appellation. 1st. The Dulvd. 2nd. The 

 Do, with the P'hal-ch'hen, Kon-siJcs, Nydng-dds and the Gyut. 3rd. The Sher- 

 ch'hin, with all its divisions or abridgments. This triple division is expressed 

 by these names : 1. Dulvd, (Sans. Vinaya.) 2. Do, (Sans. Sutra.) 3. Ch'hos- 



V v 



non-pa dbN T *fS ^^5 (Sans. Abhidharmdh.) This last is expressed in Tibe- 

 v V s/ 



tan also by Non-pa-dsot 9\Z^\Z^ T 3\^^ by Fwrw *tf*f 5 and by Manio 3T&T. 



It is the common or vulgar opinion that the Dulvd is a cure against cupidity or 

 lust, the Do, against iracundy or passion ; and the Ch'hos-non-pa, against igno- 

 rance." 



Enough of identity, I conceive, is demonstrated in this preparatory 

 extract to remove all doubt as to the Tibetan version (whether trans- 

 lated from the Sanskrit or " the Prdcrit, the dialect of Magadha)," 

 and the Pdli or Mdghadha version extant in Ceylon being one and 

 the same compilation ; designed to illustrate, as well the same sacred 

 history in all its details, as the same religious creed ; whatever slight 

 discrepancies may be found to exist between the two in minor points. 



Beyond the suggestion of this identity, certifying at the same time 

 that the Pitakattayan and the Atthakathd extant in Ceylon are com- 

 posed in the Pdli language, and that they are identical with the Pali 

 versions of these works in the Burmese empire, it is not my intention 

 to advance a single assertion ; or to reason on the assumption that 

 any one point required to be established has been already either 

 proved or admitted to be such elsewhere. On the evidences and 

 authorities I have to adduce, the decision will be allowed to rest, as 

 to whether the Ceylon Pali version of the Pitakattayan be, what it 

 purports to be, the one first authenticated in the year Sa'kya died, 

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