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instructions given by jBchom-ldan-a^das (Sha'kya) in a discursive manner, 

 on the request of Brahma^ vishes'ha-chinti. 



4. Sans. SuviJerdnta Devaputra pariprichcKha. Tibetan, (^^^ \Jiahi-hu-rah- 

 Ytsal-sems-hyis-%hus-pa. From leaf 162 — 225. A su^tra on several subjects ; 

 how to acquire such and such good qualities ; and how to be delivered from 

 such and such defects : told by Manju Sri, (Tibetan HJam-dpal) at the 

 request of Suvikra'nta De'vaputra. 



5. Sans. Shri-vasu pariprichch'ha. Tibetan, (^^^ T)pal-dv?/ig-gis-%,hus-pa. 

 From leaf 225 — 232. A sufra containing religious instruction : given by 

 Sha'kya, at the request of Shri-vasu, a merchant. 



6. Sans. Ratna-jdli-pariprichchlia. Tibetan, (^*) Riii-chlien-dra-va-chan- 

 gyis-%Jius-pa. From leaf 232 — 258. Instruction on several Buddhas, their 

 doctrine, and on the manifold blessings arising from a firm belief in their 

 doctrine : given by Sha'kya, on the request of Ratna-ja'li', a young man of 

 the Lichahi race in the city of Yangs-pa-clian, (Sans. Vaishali hod, Allahabad) 

 who had invited and entertained Sha'kya with his disciples. 



7. Sans. Ratna-chandra pariprichcKha. Tibetan, ^^^^ Rin-ch'hen-%la-vas- 

 %hus-pa. From leaf 258 — 270. Instruction on several Buddha provinces — the 

 perfections of Buddhas — the six transcendental virtues : given at the request of 

 Ratna-chandra, the son of the king of Magadha (Sanscrit, Vimhasdra, 

 or Tibetan, G%ugs chan-snying-po). 



8. Sans. Kshemanleara pariprichchlia. Tibetan, (^^^ ^de-byed-kyis-%hus- 

 pa. From leaf 270 — 277. Instruction on the several duties of a Bodhisatwa 

 — on patience — on subduing the passions ; given by Sha'kya, at the request 

 of Kshe'mankara, a man of the Shdhja race at Capila, (Tib. Ser-skya). 



9. Sans. Rdshtra pdla pariprichch' ha. Tibetan, (^'') Yul-hUhor-skyong- 

 gis-^hus-pa. From leaf 277 — 283. On the means by which the religion of 



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