414 ANALYSIS OF THE MBO. 



The subject, after some dogmatical and moral instructions on the perfec- 

 tions and proceedings of Buddha or Jina, given by Sha'kya {from leaf 4 to 

 150) at the request of the above mentioned Bodhisatwa, first in prose and 

 afterwards repeated again in verse, is the enumeration of one thousand Bud- 

 dhmi — four of these have appeared hitherto, and the rest are to come hereafter, 

 commencing with Maitreya. The list of these Tathctgatas commences 

 v/ith Kakutsanda (Hk'hor-va-z/jig, in Tibetan) and specifies fifteen articles 

 of each of them in the following manner : — 



1. His name, 2. place of his nativity, 3. his tribe or race, 4. the ex- 

 tent or sphere of his shining beams, 5. his father, 6, his mother, 7- 

 his son, 8. his attendant, 9. he that is most sagacious among his disci- 

 ples, 10. he that is most skilful among his disciples in performing miracles, 

 or displaying prodigies, 11. the number of his once assembled disciples, 

 12. the measure or extent of life in that age, 13. the duration of his 

 religious institution, 14. his relics, 15. the fane or shrine (Sans, chaitya, 

 Tibetan, mclihod-xten) built for those relics. 



As the whole subject is imaginary or fanciful, it is unnecessary to give 

 the whole in translation. It will be sufficient to state the five first names, 

 with their fifteen attributes, or from Kakutsanda to Maitreya. These 

 statements, in Tibetan, are given in the form of answers to the above 

 fifteen articles put interrogatively. They are as follows : — 



First, from Kakutsanda — 1. Hk'kor-va-hjig, 2. rgi/al-poM-p'ko-brang- 

 grong-kliijer-h^cmg-po, 3. shdJeya-pa (of the Shakija race), 4. dpag-tsliad- 

 gcJiig (4000 fathoms), 5. mcli hod-spy in, 6. tsliangs-xgyal, 7. hla-ma, 

 8. hlo-xdsogs, 9. dge-slong-mk7ias-pa, 10. hsnyen-pa, 11. 40,000, 12, 

 40,000 years, 13. 80,000 years, 14. in one globular mass, 15. deposited in 

 one mch'hod-rien, or chaitya. 



Secondly, of Kanakamuni, thus — 1. Gser-fhub, 2 grong-hliyer Ana-pa, 

 3. hrdhman, 4. dj>ag-ts'Jiad-p'hyed (2,000 fathoms), 5. mes-hyin, 6. hla- 

 ma, 7. xnam-par-vgyal-valii-^de, 8. hhra-shisAdan, 9. mchliog-ma, 10. rgyal, 



