1895.] L. A. Waddell — Description of Lhasa Cathedral. 
277 
Tlie king (Srog-frtsan) ordered his grandson to offer here, always 
tlie first part of tlie earth and stone of any new Viliara which was to 
be founded. 
Nag-s’ai-spyan, the receiver of gifts from the chieftain K’ri-ral and 
the minister ’Gas, made (the images of) Ku-ru and rMe-ru in the east, 
cZGah-wa and dGah-wal-’od in the south, and residences and a temple 
in the north. They also founded classes of clerical persons. 1 
Ril-po Mai, king of Ya-rtse, a pure descendant of the Tibetan king 
(Srog-btsan) covered the head of the precious Jo-wo with a golden 
crest, 3 and Prati Mai, son of the king of Ya-rtse, and the minister Qri 
Kirtti also covered the head with a golden ornament. The chief (of 
Nari) 3 mYag and the revelation-finder Ch’os-kyi-cZbag-p’ug, made en¬ 
ormous additions to the lamp-offerings. Lha-rje-cZge-wa-’bum re¬ 
built the wall of the Viliara, and obtained a round Chinese roof for the 
building. The translator Zag-mk’ar made a tempi e-caitya* on the east 
and filled it with many images. 
sGam-po-zla-’od-pz’on-nu gave a back-curtain . b The master sGom- 
ts’ul rendered notable service. He obtained ’j/Ro-wai-mgon-po, of the 
Z’aij family of (/Yu-brag who initiated him into the assembly and he 
founded classes of cZMig.s-pai ts’al-gug. ’^Ro-mgon-ch’o5-?*gyal offered 
pearls, corals and priests’ robes. 6 Sa-skya bzag-po, the predecessor of the 
great Sa-^kya lords asked the Nepalese Ara-ka-gu-i-gug to make for 
him a tapestry which he offered to the precious lord (Jo-wo) as a back- 
curtain for his throne. Hu-la-hu, the son of the Mongolian king who 
was banished to sTod offered silver, the Ts’al-pa k’ri dpon — ’Os-dgah- 
bde-bzag-po offered twelve big pillars and others, sixteen in all. Guru 
Arya-deva made the southern temple caitya, in the upper gallery. 
The great chief cZb A g-brtson made the enthroned glorious caitya of 
many doors. 7 The governor P’ag-mo-^rub-pa-tai-swi-tu-byag-cli’ub- 
rgyal-mts’an, gave most offerings. Ta-mig, the king of China, offered 
two robes 8 of pearls, and also golden offering bowls. The great reli¬ 
gious king Tsog-k’a-pa offered a hand-ornament as prophesied. * * * 
1 | Kab-tu byurj-wai sde. 
i | ^Ser-t’og. s I wNah-bdag. 
4 HTQgJ | STo-’bur. 3 | 
6 NWgJ; | sNam-sbyan. 
7 fc’fii-sgo bbra-s’is sgo-maij, see my Buddh. of Tibet , 
p. 244. 
8 sNam-byar. 
