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11. 70,000, 12. 30,000 years, 13. 1,000 years, 14. in one globular mass, 

 1 5. deposited in one cJiaitya. 



Thirdly, of Ka'syapa— 1. Hocl-srung, 2. ts'hetana, 3. brahman, 4. 500 

 fathoms, 5. tsliangs-byin (^Sans. Brahmadatta), 6. nor-hdag-ma, 7. ded-dpon, 

 8. kun-gyi-hshes-gnyen, 9- bJiaradwaja, 10. skar-rgyal, 11. 20,000, 12. 20,000 

 years, 13. 70,000 years, 14. in one globular mass, 15. in one chaitya, or 

 vcicJihod-xten. 



Fourthly, of Sha'kya — 1. Shdkya-thub-pa, 2. ser-skyahi-gtias (Sans. 

 capita), 3. Ygyal-rigs, {Kshatriya, a descendant of Gotama), 4. one fathom, 

 or two yards, 5. %as-gtsang-ma, 6. s.gyii-hplirul, 7- sgra-gchan-hdsin, 8, kun- 

 dgah-vo, 9. nye-rgyal, \0. pang-nas-skyes, 11. 1,250, 12. 100 years, 13.500 

 years, 14. in great abundance, 15. (deposited in several chaityas ; but this 

 point is not stated in the original.) 



Fifthly, of Maitreya. — 1. Byams-pa (chdm-bd), 2. Ygyal-pohi-plio-brang- 

 grong-Uhyer-tog-gi-hlo-gros, 3. brahman, 4. 4,000 fathoms, 5. tsliangs-hzang, 

 6. ts'hangs-hdag-ma, 7. hsod-nams-stobs, 8. rgya-mts'ho, 9. ye-skes-hod, 10. 

 br^^ora-hgra*, 11. 960,000,000, 12. 84,000 years, 13. 80,000 years, 14. in 

 one globular mass, 15. deposited in one chaitya. 



The enumeration of such fancied Tathdgatas, and the specification of the 

 above exhibited attributes, occupy about three hundred leaves in this volume. 

 From leaf 150 to 158, only the names of the Tathdgatas are enumerated, and 

 afterwards, from leaf 159 to 459, their names and the other points. Their 

 names are, in general, significant words, and denote some virtue, or good 

 quality, or some beautiful, agreeable, grand, precious, &;c. object of nature. 



The names of some other Tathdgatas, after Maitreya (in Tibetan, 

 with an English explication) are, as follows — 6. Seng-ge', the lion, 7. 

 Rab-gsal, the very clear or pure, 8. T'hub-pa, the mighty, 9. Me'-tog, 

 the flower, 10 Me'-tog-gnyis-pa, flower the second, 11. Spyan-le'gs, the 

 beautiful eye, 12 De'd-dpon, chief leader, 13. Lag-ch'he'n, the great handed, 

 14 Stobs-ch'he'n, great strength, 15. ^GYU-SKAR-i?GYAL-Po, the prince 



