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illustrious sage invoked the Nagas to guard the institution against attacks 
from malignant spirits and malicious folk, but they having expressed their 
inability to undertake such a serious charge, Padma Sambhava, sitting in 
Yoga, invoked the prince of genii well-known by the name of Pehar. But 
as the genius was reluctant to go over to Tibet having for master Dharma¬ 
pala, 61 the king of Sahore, king Thi-sron Deu-tsan sent an Ambassador 
with such presents as a turquoise image of Buddha, musk and crystal, to invite 
them both to Tibet. After meeting with great hardships the party arrived 
in India. King Darmapala accepted the Tibetan king’s proposal. King 
Thi-sron-deu-tsan appointed him as his chief spiritual guide and minister, 
and gave him large jagirs. The demon Pehar Gyalpo 6 ^ was bound, by a 
solemn oath to protect the Buddhism of Tibet. He was so vigilant and quick 
a guard that he could detect and pursue a thief who, after stealing anything 
as small as a needle from Samye, could fly eighteen times fleeter than an 
eagle. Dharmapala married the fairy Pkoyoun-ssah by whom he got two 
sons Pal Dorje and Rinchhen Dorje. The younger, turning a hermit, 
visited India and died in the city of Sita miraculously. The elder married 
a Tibetan lady by whom he got three sons Rinchhen-tagpa, Dorje-tagpa, 
and Chho-kyi-tagpa. The youngest became a monk. The eldest Rinchhen 
tagpa had a son of the name of Da-va-tagpa. 63 
61 This appears to be a legendary account of the famous Dharmapala of Magadha. 
62 According to the majority of Tibetan Historians, Pehar was invited from the 
AVestern country of Urgyen, which is identified with Gfazni and Balk. 
63 Line of Einchhen tagpa : —■ 
Da-va-Gragspa 
I 
Eigspa sengd (settled in Moiikhar) 
n ’ r~ i 
Sakya loGros Yontan-loGros Gragspa Yese 
I i 
Dorje Dulva Dorje Einchhen 
j j 
Dorje-bar-ma Dorje Gragspa 
I . 
TTor tasi hum 
Shon nu Ssanpo Tasissanpo (name unknown) 
Shon-nu-Gyaltshan Kundub-palssan (unknown) Wan chhug Einchhen 
Paljor-ssan-po Sonampalde Sanyekyab Kunchhog 
H H 
