ANALYSIS OF THE MDO. 479 



32. No Sanscrit title. Tib. ^^'^^ Hk'har-gsil-gi/i-mdo. On the use of a 

 staff (with some tinkling ornaments on it) by the priests. 



S3. Sans. JDliarma-clidlera-sutra. Tib. (^'^^ CJi'Iios-Jeyi-hklior-lohi-vado. 

 From leaf 425 — 431. ShaIkya, at Vdrdiiasi, tells to his first diciples, how 

 his mind has been evolved to see the truth, and how he found the supreme 

 wisdom. 



34. Sans. Karma-vibhdga. Tib. (^^^ Las-imam-par-hhyed-pa. Explanation 

 on the consequences of moral actions, by Sha'kya to Shuka, a young 

 Srdhman. 



35. Sans. DJierma mhhdga-ndma-dherma-grantha. Tib. Las-Jtyi-mam- 

 j)ar-\\gyur-va-%hcs-bya-va-ch'Jios-hyi-g%hung. From leaf 464 — 481. A religious 

 tract, on the explanation of the causes and consequences of one's works or 

 moral actions, by Sha^kya, at lAnyan-yod (Sans. Shrdvasti) on the request of 

 Shukomanava (a Brdhman,) who had asked, Whence the evil and good 

 among men ? There is an enumeration of several religious and moral merits. 

 Fruits to be obtained by such and such merits. 



{Sha) or the twenty-seventh volume. 



The title of this volume is, in Sanscrit, Karma ShataJca ; in Tibetan, 

 Las-hTgya-fham-pa. A hundred works or actions. There are told, in this 

 volume, many stories or moral tales, to shew the merits or demerits of several 

 individuals in former transmigrations. In the beginning of each story the 

 individual or the subject is specified, together with the place where the story 

 is said to have happened. Among the places, is mentioned Mithila also ; but 

 most frequently M.nyan-yod (Sans. Shrdvasti, in Kosala) Bdjagriha, Vaisliali, 

 Capita, and Vdrdnasi (by their Tibetan names.) 



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