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specified in the title) and to each of them is added, " Reverence be to him," 

 or " I adore him." In the text Tatlidgata always is used (Tib. De-hxhin- 

 gshegs-pa.) The names or epithets are taken from all sorts of virtues, excel- 

 lent qualities, great performances of JSudd/ia, precious things, grand, magni- 

 ficent, and pleasing objects of nature, &cc. &c. All the names are introduced 

 in this form — Tib. (''^^ De-hzhin-gshegs-pa, (such and such a one) la-p'kyag- 

 hts'hal-lo. Reverence to Tatlidgata (such and such a one), or I adore Tathdgata 

 under this name. 



Three names, as specimens, taken from the third leaf. 



(i.) Tib. DeA)%hin-gshegs-pa-kun-tu-snang-vahi-nyi~maJii-vgyal-po-la- 

 phyag-htslial-lo. I adore Tathdgata, the every where shining chief sun. 



(ii.) Tib. (^'-^^ D6A)%hm-gshegs-pa-ch'hos-kyi-ye-sJies-la-p'hyag-hts'hal-lo. I 

 adore Tathdgata, the moral wisdom. 



(iii.) Tib. (2°) De-h%hin-gshegs-pa jy'hyogs thams-chad-Jeyi mar-mehi xgyal-po-la 

 p'hyag-hts'hal-lo. I adore Tathdgata, who is the principal lamp (or light) of all 

 the corners (of the world). All the rest run in this manner. In some names, 

 many epithets are heaped together. 



2. The second work in this volume is entitled in Sanscrit, Samyag 

 dcharya, ho,. Tib. (2^) Yang-dag-par-spyod-pahi-tsliul. From leaf 137 — 328. 

 On the best conduct, or purity of life of the Bodhisatwas (or of the truly wise 

 and pious men) by Shakya, to be followed by his disciples. 



3. The third work in this volume (from leafS^'^ — 451) has no Sanscrit 

 title. The Tibetan is (^2) Jigyod-ts'hangs-kyis-sdig-sbyatigs. The putting away 

 of sins by a sincere repentance, and by the invocation and adoration of the 



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