FROM THE TIBETAN AUTHORITIES. 



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ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF SHAKYA. 



Translated from the Dulva, p. 77. — QJQI'^l |^ir]'Z5|'<v"^. 



As soon as Sangs-gyas Chomdandas (<V=;«V'i'V'^^3»f"g3i'Qi^?V Sangs-v,gyas Bchom. 

 dan-hdas. S. Buddha Bhagavdn) was delivered from pain (was dead) this great earth shook, 

 ignis fatuus also fell, the corners of the world also were burning (with meteors), and from the 

 enlightened void space above (from the air or heaven) there was also heard a sound of drums 

 made by the gods. 



At thattime the life possessing Hot-srung ch'hen-po (°*^'i;^c;"g3j':^'Qy5}-c;'j6,3i'^ tshe' 

 dang-\dan-pa-hod-srung-chlien-po, S. Ayusmdn Mahd Kdshyapa^ being at Rdjagriha, in a residence 

 in the grove called after the Kalantaka bird, was awakened by that earthquake, and reflecting on 

 what it would signify, he perceived that Chomdandas had been entirely delivered from pain. 

 And knowing the nature of things, he said : " This is the case with every compound thing." 



He, reflecting within himself, that the king of Magadha (;)^'^^s^'^sj Maskye's-Z),gra ; S. Ajdta 

 shatru ; the son of ^^V'Q^^N'^T, Lus-/«,p'hags-ma, his mother) not being yet well grounded 

 in his faith, (having a faith without roots) should he hear of the death of Chomdandas, he would 

 certainly die in vomiting out warm blood ; therefore he thought of means to prevent it. 



Hesaidthusto Yarchet (^gj^'gc^ ; Z)vyar-byed, a Brahman, the chief ofl[icer of Magadha: 

 j^T^gi'£j'''Qj'ZS]^z:|iy S. Mahd Mdntra) : Yarchet ! may it be known to you, that Chom- 

 dandas being delivered from pain, if the son of Lus-p'hags-ma, the king Ajata shatru, whose 

 faith has not yet taken root, should he hear that Chomdandas is delivered from pain, he may 

 die by vomiting warm blood ; therefore be you instructed in the means of preventing it. 



He (Yarchet) said : Venerable Sir, please to command or tell the means one after another. 

 He said : Yarchet, come, go speedily into the king's garden or grove, and make to be represented 

 in painting, how Chomdandas was in Gdlddn (S. Tushitd ;) how he, in the shape of an elephant 

 descended into the womb of his mother. How he, at the foot of the Changchubshing (ficus Indica) 

 has found the supreme perfection, or become Buddha. How he, at Vdrandsi, at three different 

 times, turned the wheel of the law of twelve kinds (has taught his doctrine). How he, at Shravasti, 

 displayed great miracles. How he, at the city of ^,gra-chen, descended from the Trayastrinsha 

 (33) heaven of the gods, whither he had gone to instruct his mother ; and lastly, how he, after 

 having accomplished his acts in taming and instructing men, in his doctrine, at several places, went 

 to his last sleeping bed, in the city of Sd-chen (j^'^aj : of Kusha. S. Cdmarupa, in Assam.) 



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