1895.] 
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in my journey to the barren land of Tibet.” He replied “ This (image 
of) £akya Muni w as the work of the (divine) artist Vifva7carma, who 
made it from the various gems given by the king of the gods. This 
image imparts great blessings, and it was consecrated by the Jina 
himself.” So saying he gave it to her. The image represents the Jina 
in his eighth, year, and his dispenser of gifts was the king of the gods, 
and Buddha himself consecrated the image. 
It is said that the images of Tara as “ the defender from the eight 
Fears” 1 in sandal-wood, and of ‘ the Great Pitying One ’ as Sems-iiid-gal 
gso are not at present here. 
E-pa-dkon-mch’og-p’an-&de made two caityas containing the .re¬ 
lics of ‘the model pair’ 2 (of Buddha’s disciples) and the eight inti¬ 
mate disciples (of Buddha), 3 during the time of the king. (He also 
made) Vajrapdni on the right and the angry-fiend d&Yug-sqon-c’an on 
the left of the door, and (he) also consecrated the Jina Tsoq-k’a-pa’s 
image. In the courtyard he made the thousand Buddhas, (representa¬ 
tions of) ‘the twelve deeds (of Buddha),’ 4 and the side figures of the ten 
(or 16) 6 Sthavira. Outside the courtyard is mGon-po-se-doij-ma made 
from rose-tree instead of axle-tree, though some call it mGon-po- 
ved-dmar. * * * # 
dPon-sa-lho-:qos-ma asked the reverend, dPal-lhun-pa where she 
shall be reborn after her death, and he replied that she will be reborn 
as a crocodile, but that this disaster may be averted by the assembly 
of priests reciting the Sutra of the Medical Buddhas during the cele¬ 
bration of the Ch’o-’p’rul. She paid the expenses of this recital for 
six days and by the virtue of these acts her birth as a crocodile was 
averted. 
[ A leaf, the ‘20th, is here wanting in my text and the 21st com¬ 
mences with a description of the Tibetan Potala, the Vatican of the 
Lamaist pope.] 
The lofty hill of Avaldhita looks like an elephant lying in its stall. 
s^Rol-ma ’jigs-pa bsgya,d las skyob- 
pa. See my art. in J. B. A. S., 189t, p> 67. 
V' 
* wwa*;' | mCh’og-zuq; namely, (^ariputra and Mahamaudgalyiiyana. The 
Lamas claim to have relics of these famous disciples, but as they also claim to have 
relics of the seven past Buddhas, six of whom are purely mythical, these pretensions 
must be taken for what they are worth. 
K’or ne-bal sras Hgvad. 
1 i 
6 | jXaa-bc’u. 
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