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ANALYSIS OF THE GYUT, 



(Cha) or the fifth volume. 



There are in this volume seven separate works, under the following titles 

 in Sanscrit and Tibetan : — 



1. Sans. Shri chan'da mahd rosliana. Tib. ^^2) Tipal-gtum-po-kh?'o-vO' 

 cklien-po. From leafl — 64. " The great fierce and wrathful one," — name of 

 a divinity, {leaf 13, styled Devasura.) The salutation is thus — Reverence be 

 to Sri Chandra Maha^ros'han'a. The subject is mystical theology. The 

 speakers are Bhagava'n {Vajra Satwa) and Bhagava'ti( Prajndpdramitd.) It 

 is in the form of a dialogue, like that between Siva and Durga', on Tantrika 

 subjects. Bhagavan instructs Bhagava ti how to prepare the mandala for 

 the puja of Sri Chan'^da Maha' ros'han'a, and how to perform the rites and 

 ceremonies. The hearers are Vajra Yogis and Vajra Yogini''s. Bha- 

 gava'ti asks also who are they to whom this tcmtra may be communicated ? 

 There are told several modes of empowering a disciple by his spiritual 

 teacher (or the initiation into the holy mysteries of the religion) — admoni- 

 tions not to violate his vow or promise. Leaf 37 — 39, there is an expli- 

 cation of the several emblems used in the mandala. Besides several other 

 miscellaneous subjects, there are many discussions on the nature of the 

 human body and the soul, as also on that of the Supreme being. (This is an 

 excellent tanira, and in a good and easy translation.) Translated in the Sa- 

 %kya monastery, by the Indian Pandit Ratna Sri , and the Tibetan Lotsam 

 Grags-pa-gyel-ts'ham, (Sans. Kirfti Dhwaja.) 



2. Sans. Shri guhya samara. Tib. ^^^^ Dpal-gsang-va-hdus-jm. From 

 ieaf64i — 167. A collection of holy mysteries. The salutation both here and 

 in the preceding work is addressed to Vajra Satwa (the supreme intelli- 

 gence). Bhagava'n, the Fajra Satwa, on the request of five Tathdgatas 



