428 ' LANGUAGES, &c. OF THE 



These Five Khands are all in prose. 



Aslita Sahasriha Prajnd Pannita, a Maha Yan Sutra. A speculative work, treating of the 

 transcendental topics discussed in the Racha Bhagavati, and further, of the doctrine o? Nirvdn. It 

 is prose. Sakya is the speaker, and Subhuti, and otlier Bhikshulias the hearers. 



Ashta Saltasrika Vyakhya. Tiiis is a comment on the Prajnd Parmita, by Hara Bhadra, in 

 verse and prose. 



Ganda Vyuha, Vyukarana Sdstra, contains forms of supplication and of thanksgiving, also 

 how to obtain Bodhijnydn : prose: speaker Sakya: hearer Sudhana Kumara. 



Dasa Blmmesivara : a Vydkarana, containing an account of the ten Bhumis : prose : speaker 

 Sakya : hearer Ananda Bhihshuha. 



Samddhi Raja, a Vydkaran : an account of the actions by which the wisdom o( Buddhism is 

 acquired, and pf the duties of a Bodhisatwa, prose: speaker Sakya, and hearers Ravana and 

 others. 



iSat Dliarma Pundarika ; Vydkarana ; an account of the Mahd and other DtjM Ddnas, or 

 of the lights to be maintained in honor of the Buddhas, Bodhisatwas, &c. 



Lalita Vistara. This is a Vydkarana of the sort called Gathd. It contains a history of the 

 several births of Sakya, and how, in his last birth, he acquired Bodhi-jnydn, and became a BuddJia ; 

 verse and prose : speaker Sakya : hearers Maitreya, and others. 



Guliya Samaga, otherwise called Tathdgata Guhyaka, an Upadesa or Tantra : contains 

 Mantras and explanations of the manner of performing Puja : prose and verse : speaker Bhagavan 

 ( i. e. Sakya): hearers Vajra Pani Bodhisatwa, and others. 



Suvarna Prahha, a Vydkarana Sdstra, an account of Lakshmi and other goddesses, and of 

 the Bhagavat Dhdtu, or mansions of the deities : prose and verse : speaker Sakya : hearer Litsavi 

 Kumara, 



Swayamhhu Parana the greater, a Vydkaran of the sort called Gdthd : an account of the 

 raari\^e%'ia'i\oxi o1 Swayambhu ox Adi Buddha in Nepal — and the early history of Nepal: verses 

 speaker Sakya : hearer Ananda Bhikshuka. 



Swayamhhu Purdna, the less, a Gdthd : an account of Swayamhhu Chaitya, (or Temple) 

 verse and prose : speaker and hearer as above. 



Karanda Vyuha, a Gdthd : an account of Lokeswara Padma Pani : prose : speaker and hearer 

 as above. 



Guna Karanda VyiJut, a Gdthd : an amplification of the above in verse : speaker and hearer 

 as before. 



Uahdmstu, an Avaddn Sdstra, an account of the fruits of actions, like the Karma Vipdka of 

 the Brahmins : prose : speaker and hearer as before. 



