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Naipaliya Devata Kalydna Panchavinsatikd. 



May the first-born, the Holy Swayambhu, Amitaruchi, Amogha, Aksho- 

 BHYA, the splendid Vairochana, Manibhava, the King of sages and the Pure 

 Vajrasatwa, ' preserve you in your sojourn in the world ; may Sri Prajna, 

 Vajradhatwi, the all-bountiful holy Tara, and the rest, ' be propitious to 

 you — I adore them. 



2. May the goddesses Sampat Prada, Ganapatihridaya, Vajravidra- 

 viNf, Ushnisharpana, Kitivaravadana, GrahamatrikX, Kotilakshakshi, 



1. These, as will have been seen by the preceding dissertation of Mr. Hodgson, are the per- 

 sonages of the Aiswarik, or Theistical pantheon — the Adi JBuddha, or self-existent original Creator 

 —the five Dhydni Buddhas, under other appellations, corresponding severally to Amitabha, 

 Amoghasiddha, Akshobhya, Vairochana, and Retnasambhava, (as in page 441), and a sixth 

 Buddha, Vajrasatwa, emanating from Adi Buddha— the secondary agent in the creation of im- 

 material substances— the other five being charged with the creation of material bodies. 



2, These female divinities are, in the vulgar Aiswarika system, the wives of Adi Buddha 

 and the Dhyani Buddhas. The powers of inert matter are typified by a Goddess in the Swabhd' 

 vika system ; but neither in that nor the primitive Aiswarika doctrine are the intellectual Essences 

 of the divine Buddhas linked to female forms — either literally or figuratively, as their Saktis, or 

 active energies. The complete list of these Goddesses, and their appropriation, are specified by Mr. 

 Hodgson, as follows :— 



Adi BuddhAj his Wife Prajna. 



Vairochana, „ Vajradhatw?. 



Akshobhya, „ Lochana. 



Retnasambhava, „ Mamukhi. 



Amitabha „ Pandara. 



Amogha-sidmha, „ Tara. 



Vajrasatwa „ Vajrasatwatmikao 



