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ANALYSIS OF THE GYUT. 



(Ka) or the first volume. 



There are in this volume fourteen separate works, as, 



1. Sans. 3Ianju shri jndna-satwasija paramdrthana-sangiti. Tib. HJam- 

 dpal-i/S-skes-sems-dpahi-don-dam-pahi-mts'han-1/ang-dag-par-hrJod-pa. From 

 lecifl — 18. Enumeration of the several names or epithets of Manju-Sri, the 

 god of wisdom, or the essence of all Buddhas. Told by Sha'kya at the 

 request of jKDORJE'-/fCH'cHANG (Sans. Vajradhara or Pant). These names or 

 epithets are expressive of the attributes of the first moral being. 



2. Sans. S'hahti-desha. Tib. T)vmig-indor-bsian-pa. From lectflS — 28. 

 On empowering one, or bestowing supernatural power upon any one, by a 

 divinity. The several kinds of it explained by Sha'kya, at the request of 

 Dava Zang-po, a king of Shamhliala. 



3. Sans. Pai'amddi-Buddha uddhrita shri Itdla chahra [ndma Tantra- 

 Rdjd). Tib. M.ch'chog-gi-dang-pohi-sangs-Ygyas4as-byung-va-rgijiid-hji-Ygijal- 

 po-dpal-dus-hyi-hkhor-lo. A principal tantra, styled the venerable Kdla- 

 chahra, issued from the supreme or first Buddha. This is the first original 

 work of a Tantrika system that originated in the north, in the fabulous 

 Shamhliala. It was introduced into India in the tenth century, by Chilupa, 

 and into Tibet in the eleventh. There are in this work some calculations of 

 certain epochs, and mention is made of MaJeha, and some predictions respect- 

 ing the rise, progress, and decline of the Mahomedan religion. This also was 

 delivered by Sha'kya at the request of Da-jszang a king of Shambhala. 

 The subject, in general, of this volume, is cosmography, astronomy, chrono- 

 logy, and the description of some gods. 



