1882.] 
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He said that the government of so large a country and its responsibilities were 
too great for him to undertake, and that he would content himself with his 
ancient possessions. But the Commissioners insisted on his acceptance, saying 
the Imperial mandate could not be disobeyed. He, therefore, consulted the 
then nominal king of Tibet, as to whether his compliance with the Emperor’s 
commands would not clash with his interests. The king who was a pious 
prince advised him to accept the offer. The Panchhen, therefore, assumed the 
sovereignty of the whole of Tibet lying to the west of Panam, in¬ 
cluding the districts of Lha-tse, Phun-tsholin, Namrin, Jonkha, Ki-ron, 
Nari-kor-sum, and relinquished the possession of Phari, Gyai-tse, Yar-do- 
tsho, and other places to the government of Lhasa. He wrote eighteen 
volumes of sacred hymns and precepts. The number of monks that received 
the vows from him was very great. Thus devoting his life to the good of 
humanity and living beings he departed from this world at the age of 
seventy-five, on the 5th of the 8th lunar month. A tomb with a gilt copper 
dome, like that of his predecessor, but somewhat larger, was erected to his 
memory, at a cost of 12,000 sans or Rs. 720,000. 
XIII. 
Pan-chhen Lo-ssan Paldan-Ye-se . 43 
This great sovereign Lama was born at Tasi-tse, a village of Shang 44 
in Tsah. H is father, named Than-Lha, was distinguished for his wisdom, 
courage and frankness. His mother Jom-kyi was an honest and good Matur¬ 
ed woman. Previous to his birth there appeared to his father in a vision a 
golden chhorten, glittering with lustre, and his mother saw in a vision Pan¬ 
chhen Lo-ssan Yese presenting her with a life-reviving vessel and some 
consecrated pills. There appeared rainbows, refulgent with five variegated 
hues in all directions, five yellow flowers growing out of a single calyx and 
corn bearing five pods and three ears. All men were singing and dancing 
with spontaneous mirth and joy. Amid such auspicious and happy prog¬ 
nostics, at dawn, on Saturday, the 11th of the 11th lunar month, in the 
year 1787, Panchhen Paldan Ye-se was born. The extreme fairness of his 
person, and above all his lovely face attracted the notice of all men. At 
the end of the 2nd month the child lisped Om mani. 45 As he grew up, he 
was observed to delight at the sight of the monks of Tasilhunpo. 
Whenever he saw an A chary a (Indian Buddhist) he used to say Bhala, 
43 This is abridged from the Nam-thar, or biography of Paldan-Ye-se, written in 
Tibetan in two volumes containing 2000 pages. 
44 Name of a district. 
45 The sacred Yfja of the Buddhist as well as of the Brahmans. 
