1895.] L. A. Waddell —Description of Lhasa Cathedral. 
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king, the incarnation of Padmapani 1 Srog-frfcsan-sgam-po, obtained 
the lotus-throne. 
“ His (Srog-fetsan-sgam-po’s) fame as an ardent devotee of Buddha 
spread far and wide throughout the world. 2 On this account the great 
kings of China, India and Persia and also ‘ Ge-sar ’ ( = P the Kaisar 
or Czar) 3 paid him humble reverence and tribute. He sent to India his 
pious minister mT’on-mi-sam-bbo-ta, who there studied the Sanskrit 
language and framed the necessary thirty-four ‘ Tibetan ’ characters 
upon the model of the Indian ones. The laws were based upon ‘ the 
ten precepts’ and they were rigorously enforced on all the subjects, 
high and low, like a heavy golden yoke hung upon the neck. The 
monk Yikrama-sarhbhava-mati (?) 4 was sent (to India) to invite the 
two kinds of self-sprung 6 tutelary-gods. 
“ By means of magical insight 6 and the mystical powers of esoteric 
and exoteric mantras , and the wise acts of his minister mGar, he (the king 
Srog-6tsan-gam-po) humbled the proud kings of China and Nepal (and 
forced them to give him their daughters in marriage). His two 
consorts, who were incarnations of Tara and Bhrkuti brought as their 
respective dowries, the image of the omniscient one of the Iksvahu 7 
and other wonderful images which imparted great blessings, also rich 
presents of wealth which exceeded the whole treasury of the lord of 
the Nagas. 
“ During that period the mighty kingdom of Tibet overflowed 
with religion and riches like a river in summer flood. Within its 
glacial walls, the following hills (surrounding Lhasa) appear like the 
eight spokes of the heavenly-wheel, 8 and the eight petals of an earthly 
1 He is here given the title of ’Q 
P’yag-na pad-mai ye-s’es-kyi sgya-’grul ’dra 
pal ral-gar mk’an-ch’os sa-kyor) rgyal-po. 
2 Jairibudvi'pa. 
8 This is a somewhat mythical king of northern Asia, but probably is founded 
on the great white Czar. 
He seems to be a mythical person. 
6 £R<VT*K»*TS , Q^ I 
6 Details of this legend are to be found in the Mani-tkah-’bum and in the 
Royal Chronicle. —rGyal-rab sel-bai m e-log. 
7 | Bu-ram s’ig-pa, literally ‘of the sugar-cane,’the title of the 
founder of the Solar race, to which the Qakya tribe belongs, cf. Jaeschke’s Diet., p. 369. 
| $rNam ’k’or-lo rtsib trgyad. 
