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(Sa) or the twenty-eighth volume. 



In this volume also, to leaf 19 6, is the continuation of the Karma 

 Skaiaka, or stories and moral tales. Afterwards come other works, under the 

 following titles : — 



1. Sans. Damamuko. Tib. ^dsangs-hlun. Krom leaf 196 — 464. The 

 wise and the (dumb) fool. There is a collection of several stories on the wise 

 and foolish actions of men. At the end it is stated, that this work, it seems, 

 has been translated from Chinese. 



2. Sans. Dirgha-naklia-parivrajaha patipricJtch'ha. Tib. (^^^^ Kun-tu-rgyu- 

 sen-rings-kijis-%lius-pa. LeaJ" 4)66. A sutra taught by Gautama (Sha'kya) 

 on the request of Dirgha-nak'ha (one with long nails), a wandering ascetic, 

 who asks him on several points, and what have been his former moral merits 

 that he enjoys now such fruits of his actions, and possesses such wonderful 

 qualities. 



3. Sans. Maitri su'tram. Tib. (^2) Byams pahi-xado. A ^w'Vm on Maitri 

 (or Ajita, Tib. Ma-pliam, the invincible) the next Buddha to appear here- 

 after — his great perfections, and the time of his coming. Delivered by 

 Sha'kya when he was in the Nyagrodha viJidra, at Capila, on the bank of the 

 Rohini river. At the request of Sha'rihi-bu, Sha'kya here foretells the 

 gradual decay of his doctrines. 



4. Sans. 31aitriya vydkarana. Tib. ^^^^ Byams pa-lung-hstan-pa. From 

 leaf 477 — 483. A narration (or prediction) of Maitriya by Shakya, on 

 the request of Sha'rihi-bu. The circumstances of his future descent, incar- 

 nation, birth, and the great happiness, at that time, of all animal beings, are 

 here described in verse, in poetical language. 



