ANALYSIS OF THE MDO, 455 



17. Sans. Amrita ddna. Tib. ^'^^^ 'Bdud-rfsi-hrjod-pa. From /ea/' 436 — 

 440. On a request from Maitreya, Sha'kya instructs him how to prevent 

 his doctrine from being discontinued in future time. 



18. Sans. Maitreya-prasthdnam. Tib. ^^^^ Byams-pa-hjtig-pa. From leaf 

 440 — 475. On the proceedings or conduct of Maitreya, with respect to 

 his former moral merits : told by Sha'kya at the request of a Bodhisatwa. 



19. Sans. Lokdnu-samdn-dvatdra. Tib. ^^^^ Hjig-Yten-gi/i-rJes-su-mthun- 

 par-hjug-pa. From leaf 475 — 483. The walking (or doing) after the manner of 

 the world. Sha'kya, at the request of Manju Sri'', his spiritual son, tells (in 

 verse) the reasons why the Tathdgatas, or Buddhas, accommodate themselves, 

 in their proceedings, to men's ideas (or to human conceptions). Translated by 

 JiNA-MiTRA, Da'nashila, and Ye'she's-5'De''. 



(Ma) or the sixteenth volume. 



There are in this volume nineteen separate works. The titles of them 

 in Sanscrit and Tibetan, with some short remarks on their contents, are as 

 follow : — 



1. Sans. Shraddhd-hald dhdndvatdra mudra. Tib. Dad-pahi-stobs- 

 hsked-pa-la-\\jug-pahi-pliyag-rgya. From leaf 1 — 103. Many explanations 

 regarding the terms — relief from toil, and increase in faith : by Shakya to 

 Manju Sri'^ On the six transcendental virtues. The several Bhumis (or degrees 

 of Bodhisatwas. Several Buddhas or Tathdgatas in the ten corners of the world 

 — their perfections, and their endeavours in bringing to perfection all sorts of 

 animal beings. Translated by Surendra-bodhi and Ye'she's-sde". 



2. Sans. Niyata aniyata gati mudra avatdra. Tib. ^^^^ Nes-pa-dang-ma- 

 nes-par -hgro-vahi-p'hyag -rgya-la-\\jug-pa. From leaf 103 — 127. On the 



