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the daughter of " Lag-na-pe'-chon-chan," a mace-bearer. Sans. Dand^ika. 

 The qualities required in a woman, whom Sha'kya is willing to take for his 

 wife. The several qualifications of Sa'-^^ts'ho-ma (Sans. Gopa'). Her senti- 

 ments (expressed in verse) against the concealing the face of woman by a veil. 



Thirteenth Chapter, leaves 121 — 141. " His being exhorted" by the gods. 

 Exhortations made to him by several gods to leave the court, and endeavour 

 to become a Buddha, as he had aspired for several ages to that dignity, and 

 had acquired numerous qualities with that view. 



Fourteenth Chapter, leaves 141 — 148. " Dream". Zas-gtsang-ma', the 

 father of Sha'kya, in a dream fancies that his son has left his house and 

 taken the religious character, having put on a garb of dark red colour. He 

 now takes every precaution to prevent him from leaving the court, and orders 

 all sorts of music to be performed for the amusement of his son. 



Sha'kya orders his servant to make ready the carriage for going into 

 the grove for his recreation. On his way thither he observes an old man ; 

 asks from the servant what that man is ; he tells him, that is a man grown 

 old, and is near to die ; he orders the servant to turn the carriage, goes back, 

 and gives himself to meditation on old age. 



QNote. In all these discourses or conversations of Sha'kya witli his groom, or charioteer, there 

 are several instances of terms employed by inferiors in speaking to their superiors, that are different 

 from those in common use. This is a peculiarity in the language of Tibet]. 



Afterwards, in the same manner as above, on different occasions he 

 observes a sick man — sees a corpse — and meets a man in a religious garb; and 

 on each occasion he gives himself to meditation on sickness, death, and on 

 the religious state. 



These are the circumstances that determine him to take the religious 

 character. Zas-gtsang to prevent him from leaving the court, orders 

 several walls and ditches to be made, and guards and sentries to be set. Inaus- 

 picious dream seen by Sa'-hts'ho-ma'. Leaves 146-7. 



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