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of moving stars, 16. i?TSi-SMAN, medicinal essence, 17. Snyan-pa-tog, 

 the chief ornament of celebrity, 18. Hod-ch'hen-po, great light, 19. 

 Grol-vahi-p'hung-po, the untied or liberated body, 20. T^nampar- 

 ■sNANG-MDSAD, the illuminator, 21. Nyi-mahi-snying-po, the essence of 

 the sun, 22. Zla-va, the moon, 23. Hod-//p'hro light-diffusing, 24. 

 HoD-szANG, good light, 25. Mya-nan-me'd, exempt from sorrow, 26. 

 Skar-agyal, prince of stars, 27. Rab-gsal, the very clean, 28. P'hre'ng- 

 t'hogs, wearing a chaplet, 29. Yon-tan-hod, light of good qualities, 

 30. DoN-GZiGS, perceiving the meaning, 31. Mar-me', a lamp, 32. 

 iH/x'HU-iDAN, powerful, 33. Sman-pa, curer of diseases, 34. De's-pa, brave, 

 35. ^/dsod-spu, a hair of treasure, 36. jBi?TAN-iDAN, permanent, 37. Lhahi- 

 i)PAL, divine prosperity, 38. Gdul-z)Kah, difficult to be subdued, 39. 

 YoN-TAN-ifGYAL-MTs'HAN, a standard of good qualities, 40. aSgra-gchan, 

 name of a planet, {Rdhu, in Sanscrit.) And so on. 



From leaf 4i59 to the end of the volume, Sha'kya repeats again, at the 

 request of the above mentioned Bodliisatwa, when those Tathdgatns first 

 formed their minds for arriving at the supreme wisdom, or of becoming 

 Bodhisatwas, and what they offered to those Tathdgatas before whoni, at 

 different times, they made their vows, and prayed that they might obtain, in 

 consequence of their moral merits, final emancipation, or arrive at perfection. 



This volume contains 547 leaves, and 26 haTwpos, or artificial divisions. 

 This sutra was translated by the Indian Pandit, Vidya'kara Siddha, and 

 the Lotsawa, Bande' Z)PAL-GYi-i?vYANGS ; it was reviewed and arranged 

 afterwards by ZJpal-s/jtse'gs. 



ICha, the second volume. 

 There are in this volume four suttris, or works, under four distinct titles. 

 The first is of great extent (from leaf 1 to 329). It is called in Tibetan, 

 (3) " Rgya-c1i'her-rol-]}a'\ in Sanscrit, " Lalita vistara,'' containing accounts of 



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