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From Zm/408. Several anecdotes are told by Shakya, to show the 

 fruits and consequences of the merits and demerits of several individuals in 

 former generations. He relates to the king of Kosala his own acts- 

 how he arrived at Bodhisativa, and the many benefits he afterwards endea- 

 voured to bestow upon all animal beings. This division abounds in judi- 

 cious sayings, and moral maxims :— apologues or moral tales— their appli- 

 cation, — virtue and vice depicted in lively colours. 



From leaf 496. On the request of Kun-Dgah-vo (A'nanda,) his 

 principal attendant, addressed to him in verse, Shakya relates (also in 

 verse,) the acts which he has performed from a very remote age to arrive at 

 the state of a Sodhisativa. 



Leaf 505. Shakya, together with 500 Arlians, visits, in a miraculous 

 manner, the great lake Ma-dros ( 3Ianassarovara) in the north. 



Leaf 506. The four great rivers that take their rise there : — the Ganga, 

 SindJiu, PahsJm, and Sita. 



From 508 to 563, or to the end of the volume, as also from leaf 1 to 20, 

 in the next or 3d volume. On the bank of Ma-dros lake. Shakya, 

 and 36 persons of his principal disciples, tell (in verse) the course of their 

 lives in former generations — or the consequences of good and bad actions. 

 End of the 2nd volume. 



The 3rd (or sj) volume of the Dulvd, 

 Comprising 478 leaves, from the bbth to the 82nd book or section, inclusive. 



General Contents. The latter part of the subject of " medicaments" 

 in the 2nd volume. On garbs or garments — mats, spreading cloths ; Kau- 

 shambhi; works or moral actions — Dmar-ser-chan, the inward man, or man- 

 alteration (regeneration). Omission or the leaving off, of the celebration of 

 the confession, or general supplication. Dispute or quarrel: — the first part 

 of the subject " of causing divisions amongst the priests." 



From leaf 1 to 20. The continuation of Shakya's narration of his 

 former births. The story of ^zang-mo and Padma-btsa-lag, a cour- 



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