20 PROF. SATIS CHANDRA VIDYABHCSANA 



XL. 



40. Original.— Jf %ft gPW % ^pT J' ?F ^S *W^' ^V ^ q ' ^F' 1 



Transcription. — Bya-rgod-phun-rir sen-rigs-kyi shus mdo gsuris dehi bden-pa 

 mthon. 



Translation. — On the Grdhrakuta mountain (Buddha) preached the Nakulaprccha 

 sutra {sen-rigs_-kyi-shus_ ?) and the devotees saw the truth. 



XLI. 



41. Original.— # aj* ^ ^|^*T W q[ 



Transcription. — E-la ran-gzugs stad-pa. 



Translation. — Elapatra naga (snake) assumes its own form. 



Explanation. — Once on a time when the Blessed One was preaching religion, 

 Elapatra, the king of snakes, assuming the guise of a monarch, came to hear his sermons. 

 The All-knowing Buddha, perceiving this, addressed him thus : " O King of Snakes, during 

 the ministry of Buddha Kasyapa you violated the rules of moral, conduct, for which you were 

 condemned to be born as a snake. Have you now come here, assuming a false appear- 

 ance like a hypocrite, while I am preaching religion ? Assume your own shape and 

 listen to my sermons if your nature permits you to do so? " Next day, there appeared in 

 the audience a huge serpent on whose head was grown an elapatra tree. His body 

 measured many miles, for while his head came to hear Buddha's sermons in Rajagrha 

 his tail lay in Taxila. The people were frightened to see this. Buddha consoled them 

 and related to them the story of the former births of the snake. 1 



III. 



A Chart containing the Charm of Vajrabhairava. 

 [Read August 2nd, 1905.] 



This chart, which belongs to Dr. Percival Lopez of Barrackpore, was brought from 

 a monastery near Gyantse during the late Tibet expedition. It is 3f cubits in length and 

 if cubits in breadth ; and is very beautifully embroidered in the Chinese fashion. It 

 contains on one side a terrible but artistic representation of Vajrabhairava with his 

 attendants and devotees ; and on the other the mystic charm or incantation of that deity in 

 Tibetan with the bloody impressions 2 of the palms of his votary. 



Vajrabhairava, called by the Tibetans "Rdo-rje-hjigs-byed," is regarded by the 

 Hindus 3 as a terrific form of S'iva, but is believed by the Lamas to be a metamorphosis 



1 Vide Calcutta Buddhist Text Society's Journal, Vol. II, Part I ; and Rockhill's Buddha, pp. 46-47. 



a The impressions were made either with human blood or the fat of a black goat, blood, wine, dough and butter'mixed together. 



* In the Brahmavaivarta Purana, Chapters 41, 61, eight varieties of Bhairava (Siva) are enumerated such as Maha-bhairava, 

 Sarphara-bhairava, Asitanga-bhairava, Ruru-bhairava, Kala-bhairava, Krodha-bhairava, Tamracuda-bhairava or Rapala- 

 bhairava and Candracuda-bhairava or Rudra-bhairava. These eight varieties are otherwise known as VidyS-raja, Kama- 

 raja, Naga-raja, Sacchanda-raja, Lambita-raja, Deva-raja and Vighna-raja. Of these Rudra-bhairava (also called Vighna-raja 

 bhairava) of .the Hindus is perhaps identical with the Vajra-bhairava of the Buddhists. For Buddhist Vajrabhairava see Waddell's 

 Lamaism. ...... 



