A PART OF THE TIBETAN SACRED WORKS. 



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— Srdly. The Sher-chjiin, with all its divisions or abridgments. This triple 

 division is expressed by these names : 1. Dulvd, (Sans. Vinai/a). 2. Do, 

 (Sans. Sutra). 3. Clihos-non-pa, ^^V'^i^aj's^, (San. Ahhidharmdh.) This 

 last is expressed in Tibetan also by Noti-pa-dsot, by Yum, 



and by Ma-mo. ^'s^, It is the common or vulgar opinion that the 

 Dulva is a cure against cupidity or lust ; the Do, against iracundy or 

 passion ; and the Chlios-non-pa, against ignorance. 



The DuLVA, QSQI'z^, Sans. Vinaya, which will form the subject of the 

 present analysis, treats generally on the religious Discipline or Education 

 of religious persons. The following are the subdivisions of this Work : 



1. Did-vd-zhi,^' (QS^'^'^Q,) Sans. Vinaya-Vastu. Eng. "The basis 

 of discipline or education," in 4 volumes. 



2. So-sor-fhar-p^-do, (^f'^Jk'51J^'i<[Q'»f^,) Sans. PratimoksJia Sutra. 

 Eng. " A Sutra on emancipation," in 30 leaves. 



3. Did-vd-ndm-j)dr-jet-pd, (QS'^'^'^^'^^-J^'QIss^,) Sans. Vinaya vi- 

 hhdga. Eng. " Explanation of education", in 4 volumes. 



4. Gt-long-mt-so-sor-tliar-pe-do, ('^|Sl'^c;'afQ'^f'^v'i-'£i^'^Q'^^,) Sans. 

 BJiiksJmni pratimohslia Sutra. Eng. " A Sutra on emancipation for the 

 Priestesses or Nuns," in 36 leaves. 



5. Gk-long-me-dul-vd-nam-par-jtt-pa, (^'^'^ c^'^Q'QSOj'z^'^^l'i^ji^'Qi^,':^,) 

 Sans. Bhikshuni Vinaya vihhdga. Eng. " Explanation of the discipline or 

 education of the Priestesses or Nuns," in 1 volume with the preceding tract. 



6. Dul-vd-plirdn-tsMgs-kyi-zlii, (Q5QJ"q'^a[3i'|E]?v'S'^!l4) Sans. Vinaya 

 kshudraka Vastu. Eng. " Miscellaneous minutiae concerning religious disci- 

 pline," in 2 volumes. 



7. Dul-vd-zhung-ldmd, Sans. Vinaya Uttara 

 grantha. Eng. " The chief text book (or the last work of the Dulva 

 class) on education," in 2 volumes. 



* In tliese names the rmite letters of the Tibetan are omitted for facility of pronunciation : 

 those who can consult the original names will readily supply them where the exact orthogra- 

 phy is required. In other places, where a roman letter precedes a syllable in italics, or vice 

 vers^, such initial will be understood to be mute. 



