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ts'higs-su-hchad-pa. From leaf 311 — 315. Verses on the advantages of cir- 

 cumambulating a Chaitya. 



19. Sans. Prasena-jita gdthd. Tib. Gsal-rgyal-gyi-ts'Mgs-su-hchad-pa. 

 From leaf 315 — 321. Verses of Prase'na-jita (king of Kosala) containing 

 Sha'kya's answer to his question, on the advantages of building Chaityas to, 

 and images of, Tathdgata. 



20. Sans. Eka gdthd. Tib. Ts'higs-su-hchad-pa-gcMg-pa. A single 

 stanza, containing the praise of Shakya, that nowhere is to be found any 

 one like him. 



21. Sans. Chatur gdthd. Tib. ^''^^ Ts'higs-su-hchad-pa-hzM-pa. Four 

 stanzas on the adoration of Tathdgatas. 



22. Sans. Ndga-rdja hheri-gdthd. Tib. (^6) YHuU-xgyal-po-rna-^graM- 

 ts'higs-su-hcJiad-pa. Some verses or stanzas on the story of Bhe'ri (a Ndga 

 raja). From leaf ^21 — 329. By Sha'kya, for instruction to the priests. 



23. Sans. Uddna-varaga. Tib. ^"^"^^ Ck'hed-dii-brjod-pahi-ts'homs. From 

 leaf^2Q — 400. Reflections on various subjects, in verse, containing many 

 moral and prudential maxims, in thirty-three chapters. The subjects or 

 titles of the chapters are of the following species ; as, instability, cupidity, 

 affection, chastity, agreeable things, good morals, good actions, word or 

 speech, belief or piety, priest, way, honour or respect, injury, recollection, 

 anger, Tathdgata, experience, acquaintance, deliverance from pain, vice, 

 happiness, the mind or the soul, &c. These reflections were collected by 

 Z)gra-bchom-pa-ch'hos-5'KYOB, (Sans. Arhan dharma raJeshita.) 



24. Sans. Sad-j ana-pur usha. Tib. ^kyes-bu-dam-pa. The holy or 

 excellent man. The character of his charity told by Sha'kya to the priests. 

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