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1895.] L. A. Waddell — Description of Lhasa Cathedral. 
“ In the outer courtyard of tlie gandhakuta (chapel) are in order :— 
the caitya of superposed lotuses containing the image of ‘ The sublime 
Gem’ (The Sa-skya Grand Lama), 1 the great Siddhi Bi-ru-a-pa, the 
great Sa(-skya pandit) Kun-dgah-sniij-po, the reverend 6Sod-nam-rtse- 
mo ( N.B ., this and all the following Lamas in this paragraph are of the 
Sa-skya sects), and the reverend Grags-pa-rgyal-?nts’an, in front of 
which as side figures are Manjughosa , the reverend Sa-skya pandita, 
’Gro-mgon-ch’os-rgyal-’pags-pa, Manjughosa Amoghasiddhadvaja , the 
holy Lama &SocZ-nam-rgyal-m’san, and the successors, 2 of the worship¬ 
ful Sa-skya. Then as side figures are pictures 5 of ‘ the red palace ’ (the 
Grand Dalai Lama’s residence), and ‘ the iron hill resembling the city 
of ‘ the ten-headed RaJcsha of Laij-ka (Havana), also a picture of a Tibe¬ 
tan festival. 
“ On the north and south of the Dragon-temple 5 are, Buddha Bhaga- 
van the king of the Nagas, JYanda, Upanda, YaJchha Naga Kuvera, the 
Gandharva (-king) Zur-p’ud-Zija-pa, Mahakala and the ten-lieaded king 
of the RaJcsas of Laijka. To the north and south of the inner and 
outer sandal-wood doors are (the friends) Tra-ka-s’ad and P’yag-romade 
by Ge-re-bha-pa, sitting on the north is Drel-gz’on, and on the south is 
Hayagriva. The incarnate S’akya-’od extracted several sutras from 
beneath the silk robe of the Naga Kuvera. 6 
“In the middle gandliahuta (chapel) of the middle storey 7 in the 
west is the consecrated food thrown by the king (Srog-frtsan) to the 
seven Buddhas, also (images of) the king and his two wives made by 
Lama Dup-kar-’brug-yrags, prince Gup-ri-gug-frtsan and the Jina Tsoij- 
k’a-pa and his two disciples. 8 
On all the doors of the courtyards are images of Buddhas and 
Bodhisattvas , and innumerable mandalas containing relics. There 
especially are the gods Marici (?), 9 the white Tara in the north and 
Hayagriva in the west. 
1 See my Btiddh. of Tibet, pp. 38 and 241. 2 I fl'Durj-fcrgyad!. 
8 nSjysj i 6Koa-pa. 
4 j ZC*ags-pori. 
fcLu-k’ag. 
6 | S’am-t’abs. 
7 Tlie Gandhalciita is in three tiers. 
8 These are rGyal-tsab-rje and raK’us-grub rje. See my Buddh. of Tibet, p. 59. 
9 | ’Od-zer ’p’ros-pai lha = the god of the pouring- 
forth-rays of light.’ 
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