188 Sarat Chandra Das —Contributions on Tibet. [No. 3, 
of the Hindus) who enabled him, it is said, to render good service to 
Buddhism. Many Mongolian princes and chiefs became his friends and 
spiritual pupils, by whose assistance he established five religious institu¬ 
tions. He resided in Pekin for more than three years, in order to collect 
information respecting the various schools of religion which then existed 
in China, and the ancient ones that had died away. He also care¬ 
fully studied the national laws and statutes of China from ancient 
records, and thereby made himself famous. The Emperor conferred 
on him marks of honour and dignity greater than any that had been 
enjoyed by his predecessors. He also presented him his own robes, 
which contained one hundred and eight dragons worked in gold, together 
with a hundred thousand crowns of silver. The Mongolian princes also, 
who evinced great faith in his saintliness, made him immense presents. 
On his return to Amdo, all the chiefs and princes of Mongolia and western 
China advanced to a distance of six days’ journey from the town to pay 
him homage. Among these princes, the Khan of Lanju and the Viceroy 
of Tsun-tu-fu were very well known. On his arrival at the monastery, 
the Lamas and monks of the thirteen great monasteries of Amdo made him 
presents, according to their means and resources. From that time, for a 
period of twelve years, he devoted himself to the affairs of the monastery 
and to yoga, after which he attained to the “ marvellous state of the 
gods.” At the age of 66, on the 10th of the Lunar month, his person 
being contracted to a cubit’s length, he returned to the land of the 
blessed. He had finished his work called “ Dub-thah selkyi melon” about 
a week before his death, which occurred in 1740 A. D. 'The age of the 
work is therefore 140 years only. 
The following are his principal works : 
(1.) The Legendary biography of Lama Jam-vyan of Gun-than, 
in 2 Vols. 
(2.) „ „ „ his predecessors, in one Vol. 
(3.) Hymns and Songs. 
(4.) On the worship of Hayagriva or “ Taden,” in 2 Vols. 
(5.) „ ,, Naro kha choimo (a goddess), in 2 Vols. 
(6.) „ „ Dorje Phagmo, in 2 Vols. 
(7.) On Mathematics (Chronology, Arithmetic and Astrology), in 
one Vol. 
(8.) On Medicines, in one Vol. 
(9.) On the method of constructing chaityas, sacred pictures and 
images, in one Vol. 
(10.) On rhetoric, words and versification ; stotras in two Vols. 
(11.) About the history and theories of the reformed, or Gelugpa, 
school, in 5 Vols. . 
