ANALYSIS OP THE GYUT. 549 



The salutation is thus — Om ! Reverence be to Vairochana. (Tib. 'Rnam- 

 par-snang-vadsad.) Hum ! Reverence to Akshobhya. (Tib. (^^) Mi-sJtyod- 

 pa.) Ah ! Reverence to Amita'bha'. (Tib. <^*) Snang-va-mthah-tjas.) Subject 

 — Buddhistic ritual and theology. Delivered by Vajra Satwa (Tib. 'Rdo- 

 xje-sems-^pah) the Supreme intelligence, who is also styled in this sutra 

 Pradha'na, (Tib. Gtso-vo^ Mahd Purusha (Tib. (^2) ^hjes-bu-ch'hen-po) on the 

 queries of Vajra Dhara, (Tib. (^2> 'Rdo-rj e-hch' hang) the Xordi of all mysteries. 

 Queries by i^DO-flJE'-^rcH'HANG — Why the five {Dhydni) Buddhas, several 

 specified Bodhisatwas, and goddesses, as Mamaki, Tara, Sita', &c., were 

 called so ? Translated by Vimalamitra, and by Bande' Jna'na Ku'ma'ra. 



4. In Tibetan only. ^9'*) Gsang-vahi-smjing-po-de-kho-no-nyid-fies-pa. 

 From lecif^Ql — 427. The essence of mysteries — the real nature of the human 

 soul, or its identity with the divine spirit that animates the whole of nature. 

 The salutation is thus — Reverence be to Chom-da'n-da's Kuntu Zang-po, 

 (Sans. Bhagavdn Samanta Bhadra). Subject, as above. This is an appendix 

 to the former treatise. 



(Zha) or the twenty-second volume. 



There are in this volume fifteen separate works, besides some small and 

 inconsiderable fragments. The titles of them in Sanscrit and Tibetan, with 

 some short notices on their contents, are as follow : — 



1. Sans. Devi jdli mahd may d-tantra 7id7nn. Tib A'^^^ Lha-tfio-sgyif-hphrul- 

 dra-va-ch"hen-mo-%hes-bya-vahi-Ygyud. From leqfl — 47. A tantra of De'vi'- 

 ja'li maha' ma'ya'. Ritual and mystical doctrine. 



2. Tib. ^'-^^^ Gisang-vahi-snying-po-de-ldio-na-nyid-ncs-imM 



From leaf 47 — 8fj. Essence of mysteries. The real great Supreme one. The 



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