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Sarat Chandra Das —Contributions on Tibet. 
[No. 1, 
S'astri to Tibet in his Brahmanical dress and signs,—an act which gave great 
umbrage to the twelve demigods and demons who are the sworn guardians 
of Tibet. They killed 19 the S'astri by making him vomit blood and tied 
his head to the pillar of the great temple of the Sakya monastery, which 
still exists. After this, Sakya Pandita received an invitation from 
the Emperor of Hor (Mongolia) whose dominion extends to the north. 
He was told by his former teacher Tag-pa-gyal-tshan 20 that there lived in 
Hor 21 a race of men who differed greatly in language from the Tibetans, 
and who wore hawk-like hats, and shoes resembling the snout of pigs. This 
teacher advised him not to harbour any doubts or fears about the people 
in his mind, but to go straight to that country to further the cause of 
religion and the well-being of living beings, in accordance with the 
prophecies of old. At the age of thirty-three 22 he started from Sakya for 
TI or, and after a tedious and protracted journey of three years, reached 
the court of Goyugan the Emperor of the Tartars. He instructed the 
Emperor in religion and frequently discoursed on religion with him. 
Thus the barbarians who disbelieved in the sacred tenets of Buddhism were 
converted by him. The Mahayana system was introduced there. 
The Naga 23 princes being pacified by the beneficial influence of the 
Buddhist religion, there was plenty of rain and water. Maladies of men 
and murrain were prevented from raging in the country. In Hor, the people 
lived in plenty and reared much cattle. Buddhism was made as powerful 
as the sun in dispelling darkness. In the city of Gyu-ma, at the age of 
seventy, in the year 1252 A. D., in the month of September, during the 
middle watch of the day, he quitted this mortal coil and entered the mansion 
of purity, solemnly escorted by a procession of fairies (dakinis). 
VII. 
Yun ton-dorje. 
Yun ton-dorje was born at Gorma, 24 a place of considerable trade near 
Sha-lu in the province of Tsan, in the year 1281 A. D., in the family of a 
19 The S'astri died of vomiting’ blood, probably caused by the intensity of the cold 
and the dryness and rarity of the air. All sorts of diseases are attributed to the wrath 
of evil spirits in Tibet. 
20 It is not clear whether Sonam-tse and Tagpa gyal-tshan were one and the same 
person. 
21 Tartary or Hor includes Turkistan, Mongolia, and Manchu. 
22 Illustrious Lamas cannot travel so fast as ordinary travellers do. At every stage 
Sakya Pandita received invitations from the neighbouring princes and chiefs, which 
caused much delay. 
23 The Naga princes are believed by all the Buddhists to have great power over 
the distribution of water and the occurrence of plagues and cattle diseases. 
24 I call this place Korma ; although the 3rd letter of the Tibetan alphabet is 
equivalent to Sanskrit y, yet it is pronounced as k by the Tibetans. 
