482 ANALYSIS OF THE MDO. 



4. Sans. Sumagadlid avaddna. Tib. <^^^) MagadJia-hmng-mohi-vtogs-pa- 

 hrjod-pa. The story of Sumagadha', the daughter of that rich and respectable 

 householder at Shrdvasti, in Kosala, who had endowed Sha'kya with a large 

 religious establishment in a grove. She is married in a distant country from 

 her home, where there are no Buddhists. Being much disgusted with the 

 rude manners of the naked Brahman priests, and wishing to make her hus- 

 band and his relations acquainted with the manners of the Buddhists, she 

 solemnly, in a prayer, invites Sha'kya and his disciples to a religious enter- 

 tainment or feast. They appear next day, successively, in a preternatural 

 manner. In the same order as the principal disciples of Sha'kya arrive there, 

 she tells to her husband the character of each of them. Her piety and 

 sagacity. Her former moral merits, told by Sha'kya. Ancient prediction 

 respecting the degeneration of the priests, and the decline of the doctrine 

 of Sha^kya. 



{A) OR the thirtieth volume. 



There are in this volume twenty -five separate works. The titles of them 

 in Sanscrit and Tibetan, together with some short notices on their contents, 

 are as follow : — 



1. Sans. Puwja-hala avaddna. Tib. (^^^ ~Qsod-nams-stohs-hyi-Ytogs-'pa- 

 hvjod-pa. From leaf 1 — 33. The story of Punya-bala, a prince. Dis- 

 cussion on which is the best thing from among these five — A handsome body, 

 industry, skill in arts, sagacity or wit, and fortune or moral merit. It is 

 shewn, that the best thing is fortune or moral merit ; since the possession of 

 this comprehends all the rest. 



2. Sans. Chandra-prahhd avaddna. Tib. (^"^o) Zla-hod-kyi-rtogs-pa-hrjod- 

 pa. From leaf 33 — 48. The story of Chandra-prabha' (an imaginary 



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