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L. A* Waddell — Description of Lhasa Cathedral. [No. 3, 
still preserved in the official designation of the cathedral; 1 but 
the ordinary book-name is ‘ Lha-Zdan,’ 2 or ‘ the godly possession; * 
and this is the name by which it is referred to throughout this 
booklet. 
This book begins with an invocation in corrupt Sanskrit, in Kutila 
characters, followed by a Tibetan translation, both of which I have 
omitted. The text is written in very difficult Tibetan verse, of which 
each set of eight stanzas is followed by a paraphrase in ordinary prose. 
It is this latter version which is here translated. 
In transliterating Tibetan words into Roman characters, I have 
followed Jeesclike’s modification of Csoma’s method as closely as the use 
of ordinary diacritical marks permits. The silent consonants are placed 
in italics as in Csoma’s plan. And tho names of deities and other 
personages and things which I have translated into their more familiar 
Sanskrit equivalents, have been printed in italics. 
“ The great loving son of Cuddhodana 3 (i.e., Prince t^akya Simha) 
the commiserating Lord, in order to lead all the countless living beings, 
without distinction, to the glorious path of happiness, has founded 
the precious Doctrine for the benefit of the gods and the whole host of 
living beings. The high ranked 4 Maitreya , the religious protector 
who causes the doctrine to prosper freely, desiring to place it in charge 
of a king, devised plans for introducing the Teacher’s Doctrine into the 
kingdom of snowy Bod (Tibet). 
“ (Thus) the sublime triad of Lords, 5 6 subdued the rude people 
of this barren country (of Tibet), and turned their attention to the 
Lina’s religion, so as to cause it to prosper abundantly. During the 
2 ’eigns of the kings between the noble of grNa-K’r’i-frtsan-po down to 
Lha-t’o-t’o-ri, namely grNam-gyi-k’ri-&dun, sTod-kyi-steg-^nis, Bar-du- 
legs-drugs and ’Og-gi-6tsan-^sum, there was scarcely any religious 
administration of justice at all. Lha-t’o-t’o-ri-^nan-6tsan founded the 
beginnings of religion, and after five generations the great religious 
1 B,a-sa ’p’rul-snaij. 8 I 
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Zas-^tsarj-sras. 
4 l Sa-cli’en-po. This term is also used to denote a high stage, the 
eighth, of the 10 grades of Bodhisats ( Daga-bh&mi) Jaeschke’s Tibetan Diet., p. 569. 
6 1?'| ’P’ags-pa rigs-grsum wgon-po. These 
are the three metaphysical Bodhisats who are adopted as the defensores fidei of 
Lamaism, namely, Manjutjri, Vajrapani and Avalokita. 
