ANALYSIS OP THE MDO. 



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(Ha) or the twenty-ninth volume. 

 There are in this volume the following works : — 



1. Sans. Pu'rna muklia-amddta shataka. Tib. Gang-po-la-sogs-pahi- 

 vtogs-pa-hvjod-pa-hvgija-pa. A hundred legendary stories of Gang-po (Sans. 

 Purna) he. &c. and of others. Gang-po, a rich and respectable Brahman, 

 invites and entertains Sha'kya together with his disciples — hears his instruc- 

 tion, and being convinced of his supernatural powers, takes refuge with him. 

 It is repeatedly stated in this volume that about that time, " all sorts 

 of gods and demigods, kings and great officers, rich merchants, and many 

 other respectable men, shewed particular respect to Buddha and to the 

 Buddha priests, and supplied them liberally with all necessary things for their 

 subsistence." 



2. Sans. Jndnaha sutra Buddha avaddna. Tib. (^^^ ShesAdan-gyi-mdo- 

 sangs-vgyas-kyi-Yiogs-pa-hxjod-pa. The story of Jna'naka, formerly a god, 

 afterwards a new incarnation among men — and the narration, how Buddha 

 {Shdkya) when he had gone to the heaven of the gods to instruct there his 

 mother, had dispelled the fear of this god, with respect to his future birth 

 in an impure animal. 



3. Sans. SuJedrikd avaddna. Tib. (^'^^ P'hag-mohi-rtogs-pa-hYjod-pa. The 

 story of Suka'rika'. A god perceiving that his next incarnation and birth 

 will be in a hog, utters great lamentation that he shall be deprived of the 

 pleasures of heaven, and shall be turned into an impure animal, a hog. But 

 being advised by Indra to take refuge with Buddha, he does so, and upon 

 his death, he is born again amongst the gods of a higher heaven, in Galdan, 

 (Sans. Tusliitd). 



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