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^<V' Q2gQi' -qx. qQ' ab' £] T Shes-rab-hp'hel-var-bt/ed-pahi-ch'ko-ga. The 

 manner or ceremony for increasing one's wit or understanding. 



»rQ' ^iciA/ T Dug-sel-mahi-gmngs. The charm (or Dhdrani) of the 

 poison-curing goddess. 



Q^af' S^^^' i' f,^' a^^v T l^jam-^'pal-giji-sgruh-tlmhs. The method of ac- 

 quiring a perfection like that of i?JAM-i»PAL, the god of wisdom. 

 Such afe the subjects of the Tantra class, (or 'Rgyud-^de). 



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III. 3fDO, (Sans. Sutra). 



There are one hundred and thirty-six volumes in this division of the ^stan-\\gyur 

 compilation. They treat, in general, of science and literature, in the 

 following order : — Theology, philosophy, logic or dialectic philology or 

 grammar, rhetoric, poesy, prosody, synonymies, astronomy, astrology, 

 medicine, and ethics, some hints to the mechanical arts, and alchymy. 



Ninety-four volumes are on theology and natural philosophy alone. Here 

 also occur many works of the tmitrika system. The following list 

 exhibits the titles of some of the treatises contained in these books. 



^ *f^'ai' :^x' i^Q' §3) T Mnon-par-vtogs-paJii-Ygyan. Ornament of 



reasoning. This work is attributed to Maitreya, the Buddha next 

 following. It is a general survey of the whole Prnjnd Pdramitd in 

 „ twenty-one volumes of the Bkah-hgyur. This work, with many com- 



mentaries by different authors, makes sixteen volumes. There are 



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