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leaves, 24 bam-pos, and 32 lehus. This volume likewise contains an abridg- 

 ment of the several dharmas contained in the above enumerated volumes. 

 This was delivered by j&CHOM-iDAN/^DAS (Shakya) likewise, as the above enu- 

 merated divisions, when he was on the mountain, called in Tibetan, the " Bija- 

 Ygod-p'hung-pohi-ri,'^ in Sans. Gridhra hut a parvata, near Rdjagriha in 

 Magadha. This is a favourite volume of the Tibetans, who shew particular 

 reverence to it; hence both tlie manuscript and printed examplars of it are 

 in very great number to be found. 



6. One volume is entitled, <^^^ " Sna-ts'hags,'" Miscellaneous (Works) or all 

 sorts of aphorisms of the Prajnd pdramitd. There are in this volume 18 

 different treatises or aphorisms, of which the titles are as follow : 



i. f^^) Rab-Ytsal-gyis-v7iam-par-gnon-pas-%hus-pa. Sans. Suvihrdnta mh- 

 rami paiiprichcKha {prajnd pdramitd). Instruction in the Prajnd pdramiid 

 (by ^CHOM-LDANi^DAs) on the request of Suvikranta Vikrami' (a Bod- 

 hisatwa) from leaf 1 to 130. This and the following aphorisms also all 

 belong to the Prajnd pdramitd, and contain either abridged repetitions, 

 explanations of some terms, or recommendations for keeping and reading 

 the Prajnd pdramitd. 



ii. ^^^^ 'Bdun-hrgi/a-pa. Sans. Saptashatihd. The Prajnd pdramitd in 

 '700 sldkas (Note, for brevity's sake, Shes-rah-hyi-plia-rol-tu-pliyin-pa (or 

 Sher-p'hyin) and Praj^id pdramitd, are frequently omitted in the titles, 



iii. J^na-hrgya-joa. Sans. Panchashatikd, that of 500 sldkas. 



iv. Sher-pliyin-sdud-pa-ts'higs-su-hchad-pa. Sans. Prajnd pdramitd 

 sanchaya gdthd. Verses collecting the contents of the Prajnd pdratnitd. 



V. (^3) T^do-rje-gchod-pa. Sans. Vajrachch'hedikd, the diamond cutter (or 

 a sutra of wonderful effects). This aphorism is contained in 18 leaves, 

 from leaf 222 to 240. In this, ^chom-ldan//das-(Sha'kya) in a colloquial 



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