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L. A. Waddell — Description of Lhasa Cathedral. [No. 3, 
lotus-flower. 1 The hill Byai)-hai)-bran-pal-po with the (divine) umbrel¬ 
la on its head, the hill Mal-grog with the (lucky) fish in its eye, the 
hill Bol-mar-dog-Zte or the Bag rock, the mDor-mk’ar-gyi-frrag with 
the (lucky) lotus in its tongue, the Nari-Zu*an-’p’an-cZkar (hill) with the 
(lucky) conch-shell in its breast, the pass of La-yrib-kyi-’k’yags-pa- 
dkar-ch’uq also called rDsoij-frtsan hill with the (lucky) vase in its 
neck, the hill Yug-ma with the (lucky) diagram ‘Sri-beu,’ 2 in its 
breast, in the north-east the hill rMog-Zco’g-frrag formerly called ’K’ol- 
mar-^dugs with the (lucky) banner in its trunk, and the hill sTod-luq- 
6rai)-p’u with the (lucky) wheel at its foot. 
“In the centre of this wondrous land, and encircled in this way by 
‘ the eight glorious signs,’ 3 lies the palace of the king of the f/akyas— 
(Lhasa), the vihara 4 of Ra-sa-’p’rul-snag 5 —which was founded solely 
for the happiness and the guidance of all the animal beings, and for 
enlightening their gloomy path, even as the light of the sun and moon 
dissipates the foggy mist. 
“ In order to found the school or vihara on a lucky site, the 
Nepalese queen (of King Sroipfrtsan) sent a maid to his Chinese queen 
(who was skilled in astrology) requesting her to ascertain by careful 
computation, a lucky site for the erection of the school. The Chinese 
queen gave the necessary information, calculated according to the 
Chinese reckoning of ‘the 80-Spor-t’aq ’— 6 ; but the maid seems to have 
forgotten the proper reply. So attempts were made to fill up the lake 
(of Ba-sa or ‘ O-t’ag,’ the site of the present cathedral of Lhasa), but 
they proved unsuccessful (owing to the machinations of devils). The 
envious Chinese queen, without permission of the king, laid the 
foundation (of a temple or school) at La-^doi)-neu-t’ag which however 
the spirits 7 destroyed utterly during the night. 
“ Then the king, with his wife Bhrkuti, went to the further side of 
the lake O-t’aq, 8 and he threw up skywards a ring which descended 
1 I Sa pad-ma ’dab-brgyad. 
2 1 the so-called ‘ Buddha’s intestines,’ see my Buddhism of Tibet, 
pp. 393 and 394. 
8 Skt. Astamavjgala. See my Buddh. of Tibet, pp. 392 et seq. 
4 1 gTsug-lag k’aq ; a school or academy, also a Vihara, conf. 
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Jseschke’s Diet., p. 433. 
Ea-sa p’rul-snaq. 
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6 l sPor-t’aq brgyad-c’u. 
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7 *r*T<£|3j | Mi-ma-yin = ‘ not men.’ (Skt. Amanusha \ 
