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Central Asian Manuscripts. 
5, [van=ten-opasamkramitva4 4* 4 + ]ta sarddha-sa4 4 sammoda- 
ti samranjati katham vividham==upasarhli]> 
6, [tya4 4444444444 4]Manibhadra mahayaksa senapa- 
tir=B h agavan t am=idam=avocat 
Leaf I: Reverse. 
1 , (ha)yata svadhyayata paryavapnuta manasi kuruta tat-kasma 
2, [nagar-5]pamam vyakaranam dharm-opasamhitam adi brahma- 
caryasy=abhi- 
3, nirvan-a4 4 4 4 4 (a)fclia ca punah kula-putrena bra- 
4, 4ya agarava-nagarika (pravra)ditva nagar-opamarh vyaka- 
5, [ranam 4 4 4] 4 dharayita(vyarh) (udgra)hayita( vyam) vacay- 
itavyam svadhya- 
6 , [yitavyam] 4 4 4 4 4 4Bhagavam a(stu) mana 4 ebhi. 
Leaf II: Obverse. 
1 , 4 4 (maha)-v(a)cya(m) piirva-vad=idam vaditva brahma Sa- 
natkuraa* 
2, [rah] 4=pradaksim-kr(fcva)(tatr=aiv)=(a)ntarhitah atha catvaro 
mahara- 
3, [jano] abhikrantayam ratryam yen=(aha)m ten=opasamkranta 
(upetya) 
4, [padau 9 irasa] vanditva yatha svaka-sva(ka) 4 4 i nih 9 rtya 
ekante tasthure 
5, [i](da)m vaditva catvaro maliarajano mama padau ^irasa vamdi- 
6 , [tva, pradaksini-krtva ta](tr-ai)v=antarhita * udgrhnata bhik- 
savo nagar-opamarh vyaka- 
Leaf II: Reverse. 
1 , [ranam] 4ya (s)phalen=murdha da 9 adha hrdayam phalet idam 
vaditva 
2, (pa)dau 91 'rasa vanditva Bhagavantam trs-pradaksinl-krtva tatr= 
ai- 
3, [va] Bhagavam eva ra4 4utyayat=purastad=bhiksu-(samo*ha) 
4, nyasidat nisadya Bhaga(vam) (bhi)ksun=amantryayati (c= 
artha)=dya- 
5, 4 (vena) abhi(kranta)yam ra(tryam) yen=aham ten= 5 pasam- 
kiantah 
6 , 4 4 4e 4 4 [e]k(a)nta-sthita (bra)[hm]a Sanatkumaro 
Imperfectly visible letters are shown in round brackets ; missing 
letters and restorations, in angular brackets. Of solme (la 1 ) I can 
make nothing; one would expect a number, say saclago, Pali solaso or 
solasamo ‘ sixteenth.’ We have clearly here the beginning of a new 
chapter, in which Buddha appears to narrate <0 Manibhadra the story of 
