426 LANGUAGES, &c. OF THE 



The Bauddlia Scriptures are of twelve kinds, known by the following 

 twelve names: 1. Sutra; 2. Geya ; 3. Vyakarana; 4. Gdtlid ; 5. Uddn ; 

 6. Nidan ; 7. ItyuUa ; 8. Jdtaka ; 9. Vaipulya ; 10. Adhhuta Dhanna ; 

 11. Avaddn ; 12. Upadesa. 



Siiti^as, are the principal scriptures, (Mula Grantha) as the Racha Bhaga- 

 vati and Ashta SaJiasrika Prajnd Parmita : they are equivalent to the Vedas of 

 the Brahmanists. 



Geyas, are works in praise of the JBuddJtas and Sodhisatwas, in modulat- 

 ed language. The Gitd Govinda of the Brahmanists is equivalent to our G'ltd 

 PushtakUi which belongs to the Geya. 



Vyakarana, are narrative works, containing histories of the several births 

 of Sakya prior to his becoming Nirvdn. Sundry actions of other Buddhas 

 and Bodhisatwas — also forms of prayer and of praise. 



Gdthas, are narrative works, containing moral tales, (Anek Dharmakathd) 

 relative to the Buddhas. The Lalita Visldra, is a Vyakarana of the sort called 

 Gathd. 



Uddn, treat of the nature and attributes of the Buddhas, in the form of 

 dialogue between a Buddha Guru and Chela. 



Niddn, are treatises, in which the causes of events are shewn ; as for ex- 

 ample, how did Sakya become a Buddha? reason or cause ; he fulfilled the 

 Dan, and other Parmifas.* 



* Parmita here means virtue, the moral merit by which our escape (passage) from mortality h 

 obtained. Dan, or charity, is the first of the ten cardinal virtues of the Buddhas, " and other,' 

 refers to the remaining nine. 



