18 
Sarat Chandra Das —Contributions on Tibet. 
[No. 1, 
at the request of Abhayakara, he at once set the victims free. During the 
reign of Rama Pala, under the leadership of Abhayakara, the sacred religion 
of Buddha received a fresh impulse. There were three thousand monks 
at the Vikramasila Vihara, and one thousand at Vajrasana (Buddha Gaya). 
At great religious festivals and sacrificial occasions more than 5,000 monks 
generally assembled. Out of the one thousand monks of Vajrasana, 40 of the 
Mahayana and 200 sravakas who were resident members of the monastery, 
received their food from the king’s store. The STavakas were so numerous 
in every place, that at times of religious prayer-gatherings their number 
generally exceeded 10,000. At the monastery of Otanta Puri there were 
1,000 monks, including the members of the Mahayana and the SVavaka 
sects. Over the former Abhayakara presided. The Sravakas also venerated 
him for his great knowledge and practice of discipline (vinaya). He 
wrote numerous works on Buddhism, several of which are said to be extant 
even to the present day. He was succeeded in the High-priestship by 
Ratnakara S'anti. King Rama Pala after a successful reign of 40 years 
abdicated the throne in favour of his son Aksha Pala. Abhayakara died 
before the abdication and Rama Pala departed this life three years after it. 
In the city of Sukhavati there were many hunger-stricken beggars 
whose sufferings Abhayakara allayed by giving them food and drink from his 
mendicant platter, which was miraculously supplied from heaven. Durino* his 
residence in the Vihara of Vikramasila, under the protection of the son of 
king S'ubhasri of Eastern India, 13 the Turushka war 13 took place. In this 
war Abhayakara played an important part. 14 Afterwards he cured many 
poisonous snake-bites and arrested numerous bandits and robbers by the spell 
of his mantras. He achieved many wonders, the last of which was the 
bringing to life a dead child in the great cemetery of Himavana. 
<• 
Part II. The six Tibetan incarnations 15 
(obtained from biographies ). 
V. 
Khug-pa-Lkas-tsi. 
This great Lochava 16 was born at Ta-nag-phu a town of Tsan. 
Following the inclinations of his former life which he retained in this 
12 Eastern districts of Magadha. 
13 He invoked the Dharmapalas (the spiritual protectors of the world) by making 
offerings and oblations. By their aid he converted his cornflour sacrifices into eagles 
which turned out the Mlechha intruders from India. 
14 The invasion of the earlier Mohammadans under the Kaliphs probably. 
10 These Lamas did not possess any royal dignities. They may, therefore, be 
called simply Panchhen, while the title Panchhen Rinpochhe may be reserved for the 
later princely Lamas. 
16 The Tibetan translators of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures were called Lochavas or 
Lo-tsa-va. I he title Pandit is applied to an Indian translator or learned man or sage. 
