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L. A. Waddell -—Description of Lhasa Cathedral. 
[No. 3j, 
Om-nia-ni-pad-me-hurh) of “the Great Pitying One ” (Avalokita), as & 
symbol of (mystic) Speecli; and as a symbol of the Mind, a caitya 
made by Sa-skya Pandita, enshrining small images of the king. 
“ (The following images were) made by the yogi $Z’is-ka, name¬ 
ly the great translator Rin-cli’en-fezaq-po, rGyal-mts’an-cZpal-fezag 1 of 
sBah-ra-dPal-p’ag-mo-gru-pa-rdo-rje-rgyal-po, 2 Seg-ge-rgyal-mts’an 3 of 
mNali-ris, Sags-rgyas-<ipal-6zaq of Gyab-p’ug, the reverend Mi-la-ras- 
pa, ’Gro-wal-mgon-po of the Z’aq family of gYu-brag, and Z’ig-pa- 
fcdud-rtsi now called Mahakala. 
“Above these images is the Muni 4 (Qakya), and a little below is 
mDol-ch’ui)-dKor-dpon. 
“ Over the door of the northern gandhakuta (chapel) 6 are images of 
the omniscient (Grand-Lama) frSod-narmj-?-gya-mts’o and ‘ the three 
(divine) Lords ’ made by the chief &&R,a-s’is-rab-6rtan of sKyod-s’od. 
“ The image of the eleven-headed ‘ Great Pitying One’ ( Maliakaruna)^ 
was thus obtained: In order to avert impediments to the building of 
the school, prayers were offered to the tutelary, and in reply a voice 
was heard saying that if an image of Mahakaruna were made about the 
size of the king’s own body all desires would be fully realized. So the 
king procured a branch of the bodhi- tree, the fragrant bir ana-grass of 
the island, sand of the river ‘ Nairanja,’ 7 pieces of sandal- wood called the 
‘ dragon’s heart,’ 8 and gos'irs'a and earth from the eight holy places. 9 
These ingredients being mixed with many other holy substances, and 
washed with the milk of a red cow and a white she-goat were placed 
beneath his pillow while he prayed to Buddha and his disciples of the 
ten directions. Then he saw that innumerable gods, wild and fierce 
entered into the heap and disappeared. And next morning he found that 
the materials had become changed into an image of ‘ the eleven-headed 
Great Pitying One.’ 
“ Then he addressed the artist saying, “ It is indeed marvellous that 
this image has been made so suddenly, but I had wished to put into it 
relics of ‘ the seven Buddhas ’ and the self-sprung sandal- wood image 
which was brought from India.” The artist replied, “ This image has 
1 A Lama of the Kar-gyu-pa sect. 3 Also a Lama of the Kar-gyu-pa sect. 
8 A Lama of the Ka-dam-pa sect. 
4 , T’ub-pa. ^Tsaq-k’ag. 
6 l T’ugs-rje ch’en-po. 7 The ‘Lilajan’ at Budh-Gaya. 
8 I sBrul-snin. 
9 Apparently the sites of the eight great stupas which were built over 
Buddha’s relics. 
