ANALYSIS OP THE MDO. 



41. (162) Xib. Shes-rah-kiji-plia-roh^ti-pliyin-pa-hdun-hrgya-pa. Sans. 

 Sapta shataM prajnd pdramitd. " The Slier -cliliin^" in 700 sldkas. 



42. Tib. Gtsug-na-rin-po-ch'hes-%hus-pa. Sans. Ratna chudd pari- 

 prichcliha. Asked by Ratna Chu'da. 



43. Tib. Uia-mo-^pal \\p'Jireng-gi-se7ig-geM-^gra. Sans. Sri-mdld- 

 dem sifihdndda. The lion-sound of that Devi. 



44 (165) 'j'jij Drang-srong-vgyas-pas-%hus-pa. Sans. Vydsa paripricti- 

 chlia. Asked by Vya'sa, the BisM. He is instructed here, by ^chom- 

 xDAN-i/DAS, on the nature, and the several kinds, of charity or almsgiving 

 (Sans. Ddna.) 



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V. (MDO.) 



The fifth great section of the Kdh-gyur is denominated " Mdo-^de, " 

 (Sans. Siitrdnta) or simply M.do (Sans. Sutra) signifying a treatise or aphorism 

 on any subject. In a general sense, when the whole /ira72-^?/Mr is divided into 

 two parts— Md'o and ^gyud, all the other divisions, except the l^gijud, are 

 comprehended in the M.do class. But in a particular sense, there are some 

 treatises which have been arranged or put under this title. They amount 

 to about 270, and are contained in thirty volumes, marked by the 30 letters 

 of the Tibetan Alphabet. The subject of the works contained in these 30 

 volumes, is various. They are, in general, attributed to ShaIsya, and 

 were compiled first, immediately after the death of that sage, by A 'n and a 

 (in Tibetan, KuN-2)gAH-vo) one of his principal disciples, his cousin, and 

 his particular attendant. The greatest part of them consist of the moral and 

 metaphysical doctrine of the Buddhistic system ; the legendary accounts 



