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II. RGYUB, (Sans. Tantra). 



According to the Index, there are in this class 2640 treatises of different 

 sizes, filling eighty-seven volumes. They treat in general of the rituals 

 and ceremonies of the mystical doctrine of the Buddhists, interspersed with 

 many instructions, hymns, prayers, and incantations. The Index specifies 

 twenty -four chapters, as the contents of the whole of this class. They are 

 as follow : — 



1st Chap. 5^' i' QPX' of' T Dus-kyi-\\klior-lo. The circle of time, (Sans. Kdla- 

 chakra,) in five volumes, ^^i — -3, fifty-two treatises. 



2nd Chap. Z3V Bde-mch'kog. The chief of happiness, (Sans. Samhara,) 



in nine volumes, ^ — ^, one hundl-ed and eighty-eight treatises. 



3rd Chap, i' ^' Kye-rdo-vje. O mighty Lord! {Sans. He-F'ajra) eight 

 volumes, ^( — one hundred and sixty treatises. 



4th Chap, s^^^' ^' ^' ^S^' Tipal-vdo-vje-gdan-h%hi. The four noble 



diamond seats {Sri chatur Vajrdsana). Part of the Q volume — fourteen 

 treatises. 



5th Chap, s ' Q^QI' 1)3,' ?fQ' §5^' g- ^'x t Sgyu-hp'hrul-ch'hen-mohi-Ygyud-Jeyi-skoi'. 

 (Mahd-mdyd) Tantrika works on the great illusion. Part of the Q volume 

 — twenty-six ucatkes. 



6th Chap, ^' ^' ^Q' t 'Rdo-rJe-hdud-Ytsihi-skor. {Vajra-amrita) the 



precious drink of immortality. Part of the volume — three treatises. 



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