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2. Sans. Sarva-dharma-gu'na-vyuha-rdja. Tib. (^'^ Chlios-fhams-chad-kyi- 

 yon-tan-hkod-pahi-Ygyal-po. Eng. Chief description of the good qualities of all 

 the moral laws. 



3. Sans. SuUhavati vyuha. Tib. (^^^) 'Bde-va-chan-gyi-hkod-pa. Eng. 

 Description of the happy mansion (of Amitdbhd.) 



4. Sans. Kardnda vyuha. Tib. Za-ma-tog-hkod-pa. Eng. The 

 prepared vessel. 



5. Sans. Ratna Karafida. Tib. Dkon-mc/ihog-m-ma-tog, Eng. 

 The precious vessel or repository. 



6. Sans. Ratna-kotni. Tib. ('^i) Rin-po-cKheJii-mthah. Eng. The pre- 

 cious boundary. 



All these su'tras, in general, are on moral subjects, and contain several 

 instructions in the Buddhistic doctrine. 



The first entitled, Sad-dharma pufidarika^' is contained on the 

 learns from 1 to 281. Contents^ — This siitra was delivered by ^chom- 

 z-DAN-ffDAS or Bhagavan (Sha'kya^ when he was on the" Bya-vgod-^htmg- 

 pohi-ri,'" (Sans. Gridhra ku'ta parvata) near Rdjagriha, in Magadha, before 

 12,000 priests of great perfections (see leaf 2.) Among these his principal 

 disciples are eimmerated. Here are mentioned first those five persons who 

 had become first of all the disciples of Sha'kya, at Vdrandsi. Their names, 

 both Sanscrit and Tibetan, are as follow : 1. A'jna'na Kaun'dinya, (Tib. 

 (^2) Kun-shes-Kaun'dinya), 2. Ashwajit (Tib. (^3) 'Rfa-fhul), 3. Pa'shwa 

 (Tib. (44) niangs-pa), 4. Maha Na'ma (Tib. Ming-ch'hen), 5. 

 Bhadrika, (Tib. (*^) Bxang-po.) Here are mentioned also Ka'tga'yana, 

 Kapina, Bharadhwaja, &c. From leaves 2 — 5 all sorts of hearers are 



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