VIII. 



NOTICES 



ON THE 



LIFE OF SHAKY A, 



EXTRACTED FROM THE 



TIBETAN AUTHORITIES. 



By M. ALEXANDER CSOMA KOROSI. 



SICULO-HUNGARIAN OF TRANSYLVANIA. 



The two principal works treating of the life of ShXkya, are the " r,gya- 

 cJiMr-rol-pd'' (i'^i-'X<2l'q) Sanscrit: Lalitavistdra ; and the Mnon- 

 par-Hbyung-va ;" 9T^^':^j;'Q|^c;'z^. The first is contained in the p or 

 2nd, and the latter in the Qi or 26th volume of the M,do class in the ^,kah 

 hgyur. 



Many of the facts or anecdotes of the life of Shakya, that occur in 

 these two works, have been also introduced in the Dulva class, especially in 

 the third and fourth volumes. Passages from the same works are likewise 

 to be found in several Shdstras relating to the life of Shakya. 



According to the authority above cited, the principal acts in the life of 

 ShAkya are the following twelve ; designated in Tibetan by the terra 

 *{|t;,'q'z;f^'Ei<;^?V : Mdsad-pa-'Bcku-gnyis, or " the twelve acts (of Shakya.") 

 I. — He descended from among the gods. 

 II. — He entered into the womb. 



III. — He was born. 



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