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T I B E T A N B U D D H I S T T E X T S P R I N T E D B Y T H EM D Z O D - D G E - S G A R - G S A R M O N A S T E R Y

byL O K E S H C H A N D R A

New D elhiA s p o i n t e d o u t e a r l i e r 1 t h e h a n d l i s t s o f t h e l a m a i s t m o n a s t i c p r i n t e r ie s(par- tho) a r e a v a l u a b l e p e e p i n t o t h e v a s t li t e r a t u r e o f t h e l a m a i s t w o r l dw r i t t e n in T i b e t a n b y t h e n u m e r o u s t r i b e s o f t h e H i m a l a y a n a n d T r a n s -h i m a l a y a n r e g i o n s g o i n g u p t o t h e S i b e r i a n s t e p p e s a n d e v e n t o t h eb a n k s o f th e V o l g a . T h e l o c a l p r i n t e r ie s a t t a i n g r e a t e r s i gn i f ic a n c e a sw e c a n g l e a n f r o m t h e m t h e o p u s c u l e s a n d m a g n u m o p u s o f t h e l o c a ls a v a n t s b e s id e s th e c o l l e c t e d w o r k s o f e m i n e n t s c h o l a r s w h o s e f a m er o a m e d o v e r t h e v a st e x p a n se s o f L a m a i s m a n d t h e x y l o g r a p h i c b o a r d so f w h o s e o p er a o m n i a l e n t a s p e c ia l si g n if i ca n c e t o e v e n n o t v e r y m a j o rm o n a s t i c p r i n t e r ie s w h i c h h a d t h e p r iv i l eg e o f p r e s e r v i n g t h e m . F o ri n s ta n c e , o u r m o n a s t e r y h a d a t t a in e d s p ec ia l r e n o w n b y p u b l i sh i n g ~t h e c o m p l e t e w o r k s o f A - k h u - r i n - p o - c h e g e s - r a b - rg y a - m t s h o ( 4 ), w h oh a s r e n d e r e d a s i g n a l se r v ic e t o t h e h i s t o r y o f l a m a i s t l i t e r a t u r e b y h i so u t s t a n d i n g tho-yig o r l is t o f r a r e w o rk s c l a s s if i e d s u b j e c t w i s e . I t h a s b e e ne d i t ed i n p a r t 3 o f th e a u t h o r ' s M a t er i a ls f o r a H i s t o r y o f T i b e ta n L i t e -ra ture .

T h e t it le o f o u r p a r - t h o o n t h e c o v e r - p a g e is g i v e n a s Dga.h-ldan-rab-rgyas-glih-gi dpar-tho bzhugs-so, w h i l e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e t e x t t h es i g n i f i c a n t a p p e l l a t i v e Mdzod-dge sgar-gsar i s a d d e d t o t h e a f o r e s a i dt it le w h i c h m a k e s i t p o s s i b l e t o i d e n t i f y t h e l o c a t i o n o f th e m o n a s t e r yw i t h p re c is io n . I n t h e A m d o r e g io n , d o w n t h e A n g - k h o r V a l l e y a r e t h et w o f a m o u s M d z o d - d g e l a m a s e r i e s , t h e O l d a n d t h e N e w , k n o w n a sMdzod-dge sgar- r~ ih ( C h i n e s e : M o - w u c h i u - s s u o r t h e O l d M o - w uM o n a s t e r y ) a n d t h e Mdzod-dge sgar-gsar ( C h i n e s e : M o - w u h s i n - s s u o rt h e N e w M o - W u M o n a s t e r y ). 3 O u r p a r - t h o p e r t a i n s t o t h e N e w M d z o d -d g e m o n a s t e r y w h i c h w a s t o t h e E a s t o f i ts o l d c o u n t e r p a r t .1 Andrew Vostrikov, "Som e Corrections and Critical Remarks on Dr. Johan vanM anen's Contribution to theBibliography o f Tibet ", in BSOS, 8, p.55; Lok esh Chandra,"Le s Imprimeries Tib6taines de Drepung, Derge et P epung", JA , 1961, p. 504.Vostrikov, p. 55 note 3.


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TIBETAN BUDD HIST TEXTS 2 9 9T h e par - tho i s h a n d w r i t t e n . I t i s d i v i d e d i n t o t w o p a r t s . T h e f i rs t p a r t

c o n s i st s o f b o o k s o f l o n g f o r m a t , b u t t h e r e i s n o s p e c i f i c a ti o n t o t h i se ff ec t. T h e s e c o n d p a r t p e r t a i n s t o x y l o g r a p h s o f s m a ll f o r m a t (sna-thuh-g i s kor ) . ~ Th e e x t e n t o f th e t e x t s i s n o r m a l l y g i v e n i n f o l io s , a n do c c a s i o n a l ly i n v o l u m e s ( p o th i s ) o r c h a p t e rs . T h e l o n g f o r m a t c o n t a i n sw o r k s o f a f a i r ly l o n g e x t e n t l ik e t h e A.s tasdhasr ikd ( w i t h a d n o t a t i o n s , 1 ), 5c o m m e n t a r y o n t he Ma~ju&~-Ndmasahg~ti (14), th e pin..d~rtha o f Bodhi -sat tvabh~rni ( 1 3 ) . B e s i d e s c o m m e n t a r i a l w o r k s t h e r e a r e h i s t o r i c a lw r i t i n g s l i k e t h e b i o g ra p h i e s o f A t i g a (2 ) a n d h i s d i s c i p l e H .b r o m - s t o n ( 3)w e l l k n o w n a s t h e Pha-chos a n d Bu-chos , t w o b i o g r a p h i e s o f t h e G u n - t h a f iB s t a n - p a . h i - sg r o n - m a ( 1 8 , 19 ). I n t h e T a n t r a s , w e m e e t w i t h t w o s e h o l i a(5 , 6 ) o n t h e Guhyasamdja- tan t ra (Tohoku , 4 4 2 ) a n d N a m - m k h a . h - g r ag s 'e x p o s 6 e f u t p a t ti - a n d s a m p a n n a - k r a m a s i n t h e Guhyasamdja . A m o n gp h i l o s o p h i c a l i t e m s a r e z in-br is o f G u f i -t h a fi (9 ) a n d R i - k h r o d - d b a f i - p o( 10 ). G u r u y o g a t e xt s, w h i c h f o r m a v e r y f u n d a m e n t a l p a r t o f l a m a i stl i t e r a t u r e , a r e r e p r e s e n t e d b y a z in-br is o f D g a . h - l d a n - l h a - b r g y a - m a .T h i s p a r t c l o se s w i t h a f e w t e x t s , o f s h o r t e r e x t e n t , o n b a f i - v id h i , p r a ti v i -d h ~ n a , h o m a a n d e u l o g i a (1 6 , 1 7 , 2 0 , 2 1 , 2 2 : t h e s e m i g h t w e l l h a v e b e e ne n g r a v e d o n s m a ll si ze x y l o g r a p b s ). T h e b i g g e st a n d m o s t i m p o r t a n ti t e m a r e t h e c o l l e c t e d w r it i n g s o f S e s - r a b - r g y a - m t s h o o r P r a j fi ~ s ~ g ar a 6i n e i g h t v o lu m e s . T h e e l u c i d a ti o n o f t h e Vajrdval f a n d o f t h e a b h i . se k ao f M i t r a y o g i n b y . H b o - ra D o n - g r u b l e n d s a l o c a l c o l o u r to t h e par - tho .

T h e s e c o n d p a r t o f t h e l is t c o n t a i n s x y l o g r a p h s o f sm a l l f o r m a t a n da s m a y b e e x p e c t e d t h e y c o n t a i n w o r k s o f d a i ly r e c it a ti o n , r i tu a l i a a n de u l o g i a w h o s e f r e q u e n t o r c o n s t a n t u s e d e m a n d e d a h a n d y s iz e. B e s id e s,t h e i r r a t h e r s h o r t e x t e n t a ls o r e n d e r e d t h e s m a ll f o r m a t a p p r o p r i a t e :m o s t o f t h e m r a n g e b e t w e e n 1 -2 3 s m a l l f o li o s. W e m a y d r a w a t t e n t i o nt o t h e f o~ ct t h a t t e x t s e x t e n d i n g o v e r 2 3 f o l i o s a r e o n l y t h o s e c a n o n i c a lw o r k s w h i c h w e r e u s e d f o r d a i l y r e c i t a t i o n ; l ik e th e Sarheayagdthd (23) ,G uhy as am d j a (26) , Ma~ju~r?-Ndmasahgfti (2 8 ) , a n d t h e Bhairavatant ra3 See J. F. Rock, The Am nye Ma-chhen Range and Adjacent Regions (Rome, 1956),p. 26, and Map 3 ( 35~ in the flap at the end.Fo ur sizes of xylographs are distinguished:(i) long form at or "arrow-length" (mda.h-tshad-ma, pa r rih-po)(i i) medium format (pa r .hbrih)(i i i) short form at (par thu~)( iv) very short format (gin-tu-sna-thuh)Com pare Vostrikov, p. 62 no te 2.5 Figures in parantheses refer to th e serial numb ering of the items in the list givenat th e end o f this article.6 Praj~dsdgara is written as ~ with th e omission of intervocalie -g- wh ich is acommon feature of M ongol pronunciation (Mong. ulaTan ~ ulaan).


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300 LOKESH CHANDRA(2 9). T h e g u r u p a r a m p a r a (bla-brgyud) o f t h e Guhyasamdja (24) andt he s pe c ia l r e c i t a t i on t o p r e c e de a nd t o e nd t h i s (.9 ) T a n t r a , a r e f o l l ow e dby t he f i rs t a nd l a s t 7 c ha p t e r s o f t he Sarhvara-tantra ( T o h o k u 3 6 8 ) w h i c ha r e s pe c ia l ly ho l y : ddi- a n d paryavasdna-kalydn, a. T w o g u r u y o g a t e x t sa r e t he Gurupa~cdgikd (3 0) f r o m t h e C a n o n a n d t h e G u r u p~ t j~ b y aP a n c h e n L a m a . L a t e r g u r u y o g a t e x ts ar e li st e d f u r t h e r o n , u n d e r n o s .44-49. Pra.l?ddh~nas o f th e L am - r i m (35), Su kh ~v at i (36, 37) , Sa rva vid(38); te a offe r ing (39), sh or t biog rap hic als (41, 42) , s to t ra (50), adhye.san.~( 51 ) a n d e u l og i a i nd i c a t e d by t he i r op e n i ng w or ds ( 52-57) a r e s om e o ft he t ype s o f m i no r te x t s i n th i s pa r t . S e rv i ce s t o M a h~ k~ l a (61) , D e v i ( 62 )G f ian (63), Dh arm ar~ ja an d Lcam -s r i f i (65) ; ba l i t o Va i~ravan .a (66)a nd V a j r a s ~dhu ( 67 ) , w a t e r - ba l i ( 69 ) ; g l ud f o r c a t t l e ( 70 ) a nd a n a g r i -c u l t u r a l dh~r a .n i ( 75 ) - a l l a r e f r o m t he da y - t o - d a y l i fe o f t he pe op l e .F i n a l l y , a f t e r le a v i n g a b o u t t h r e e i n c h e s o f b l a n k s p ac e t h e par - tho l is tsi l l u s t ra t i ons o f m an ..dala s a nd r a k .s ~c a k ra s w h i c h w e r e t o be h a d f r o mt he p r i n t e r y . T he par - tho s e e m s t o f o l l ow a ge ne r a l pa t t e r n i n l i s t i ngt he books a c c o r d i ng t o t he i r s i z e a nd c onc l ud i ng w i t h t he i l l u s t r a t i ons -w e f i n d t h is p a t t e r n t h r o u g h o u t t h e c a t a l o g u e o f th e p r i n t i n g b l o c k s o f3 1 B u d d h i s t T r a n s b a i k a l i a n m o n a s t e r ie s f r o m t h e a r c h i v es o f t h e N . E .S i b e r ia n B u d d h i s t P a t r i a r c h t h e P an ..d ita M k h a n - p o , e d i te d b y A c a d e m i -c i an R i n c h e n i n Four M ongol ian His tor ica l Records , s pp. 71-121.

A f t e r t h e s e f e w g e n e r a l r e m a r k s w e p r o c e e d t o r e p r o d u c e t h e par - thoi n i ts o r i g i na l s e que nc e , a dd i n g a n no t a t i o ns t o c l a r i f y t he r if le s .

1. Brg yad -stoh-p a mtshan-dah-bcas-pa, A.slasdh asrikd w i th g los ses , 448fo l ios .

2. Bka.h-gdams-pha-chos, t h e b i o g r a p h y o f A t i~ a , i n 2 6 c h a p t e r s .T W B , 9 7041.

3. Bu-chos i n 20 c ha p t e r s , t he b i og r a ph y o f . H br om - s t on Rgya l -ba . h i-. hbyuf i- gna s, t he " S o n " (bu) i .e . d i s c ip le o f At iga . T W B , 7042.

4. H.jam-mgo n Pradz~a-sdra.hi gsu~-.hbum, t h e c o l l e c t e d w o r k s o fPraj~dsdgara i n e i g h t v o l u m e s , c o m p l e t e w i t h a d k a r - c h a g o r l i s t o fw o r k s i n c l u d e d t h e re i n . H e i s A - k h u - r i n - p o - c h e S e s - ra b - r g y a - m t s h o w h ol iv e d f r o m 1 8 0 3 t o 1 8 7 5 A . D . H i s w o r k s h a v e b e e n l is te d i n L o k e s h7 T h is concept is als o typified in the gre at s~dhana collection of Pan chen Bstan-pah.i-fii-ma-phyogs-las-rnam-gyal,known for short as Rin-lhan, wh ose firs t chapteraptly begins with the adi-kalya.nadeities an d the last chapter closes with theparyavasana-kalyd.na deities: Lokesh Chan dra, "The R in-lhan and R in-hbyufl", Oriens Extremus,8, 189.8 New Delhi, 1959 (= ~atapit.aka Ser ies, 11, edited by Ragh u V ira).9 TW B = A Catalogue of the T ohoku University Collection of Tibetan W ork s onBuddhism (Send al, 1953).


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TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEXTS 301C h a n d r a , M a t e r & & f o r a H i s to r y o f T ib e ta n L i t e ra t u re , p a r t I , p p . 2 6 9 -2 7 3 . A l s o s e e V o s t r i k o v , p . 55 .5. H. gos-lo-tsa-ba.hi: G sah-.hdu s sto h- thu n, a c o n d e n se d c o m m e n t a r y o nt h e G u h ya s a m d j a b y t h e .H g o s L o t s a b a , i n 2 7 0 f o li o s .

6. Rg yu d-c he n Brtson-hgrus-.hphags-kyi Rgyud-t .ik, i n 2 9 7 fo l i o s .C o m m e n t a r y o n t h e T a n t r a (Guhyasamdja) b y B r t s o n - .h g ru s - .h p h a g s , t h eM a s t e r o f t h e T a n t r a ( R g yu d - ch en , i t w a s a t i t l e c o n f e r r e d o n l a m a s w h ow e r e d i s t i n g u i s h e d f o r t h e w i d e r a n g e o f t h e i r T a n t r i c l e a r n i n g , i . e. t h o s ew h o h a d o b t a i n e d t h e luh f o r a v a s t m a j o r i t y o f t h e c a n o n i c a l T a n t r a s .T h e i r e s o t er i c b i o g r a p h i e s o r gsan-y ig w e r e e x t e n s i v e w o r k s ) .

7 . D va g s - p o N a m - m k h a h - g r a g s - k y i G s a h- .h d us b s kyed - r im , i n 6 4 fo l io s .T h e u t p a t t i k r a m a o f t h e G u h y a s a m d j a a c c o r d i n g t o N a m - m k h a . h - g r a g so f D v a g s - p o.

8. De.hi rdzog s-r im, i n 8 7 f o li o s. T h e s a m p a n n a k r a m a o f t h e f o r eg o i n g .F o r th e u t p a tt i - a n d s a m p a n n a - k r a m a s , t h e m a n i f e s ta t i o n a n d r e a b s o r p -t i o n o f p h e n o m e n a l e x i s te n c e s e e D . L . S n e l lg r o v e , Th e H eva j r a Ta n t r a ,p a r t I , p . 1 3 9 -1 4 0 .

9. Guh -thah-gsuit gra s: L ta-ba.hi zin-.hbris, Thar-lam-snah-ba, i n 2 3f o l io s . A r 6 s u m 6 o f t h e p h i l o s o p h y [ o f t h e G e l u k p a s ] , b y G u f l - t h a f i,e n t i t l e d t h e T h a t ~ ( L o k e s h C h a n d r a , M a t e r i a ls f o r a H i s to r y o f T ib e ta nLi t era ture , 3447) .Ri-k hr od -db ah -po M khas-grub-bstan-.hdzin-pa.hi gsuit-gras 1~ (nos . 10-12h a v e b e e n a u t h o r e d b y h i m ) :

10. La m -r im z in -br is , s e c t i o n K A 4 7 f o l io s , K H A 5 8 fo l i o s , G A 6 2 fo l i o s .A r 6 su m 6 o f T s o f l- k h a - p a ' s L a m - r i m b y M k h a s - g r u b - b s t a n - .h d z i n . F o rR i - k h r o d - p h u r - b u - l c o g M o n a s t e r y s ee V o s t r i k o v p . 6 6.

11. Dg a.h-ldan-lha-brgya-ma da b skyabs-.hjug sdom-pa.hi zin-.hbris, in2 0 f o l io s . A s y n o p t i c a l t r e a t m e n t o f t h e D g a . h - l d a n - l h a - b r g y a - m a w h i c his a f u n d a m e n t a l t e a c h i n g o f t h e g u r u - y o g a in t h e D g e - l u g s - p a s ec t a n dt h e v o w o f t a k i n g r e f u g e in t h e T r i p l e G e m . O p u s c u le s o n t h e D g a . h -l d an -l h a - b r g y a - m a a r e v e r y p o p u l a r , s ee f o r i n s ta n c e T W B , 6 6 2 0, 6 6 26 , 6 6 3 2,6645 , 6668 , 6693 , 6696 , 6698 , 6700 , 6701 , 6704 , 6710-17 , 6757 , 6989 ,6998 , 7021 , e tc . , e t c .lo gras "class, group" denotes that the texts mentioned hereafter are written by theauthor mentioned till the next specification, In the original manuscript it is furtheremphasised by using the s ig n ~ at the beginning of the grouping. In no. 9 and 15

/too we find the use of gras though there is only a single text of an author, bu t thereis no ambiguity in these cases as the position is clarified by the aforesaid sl g n '~ andthe authorship of the following item is stated.


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302 LOKESH CHANDRA12 . Bka h-rtsom da~-po.hi hgrel-pa, 13 f o l io s . C o m m e n ta r y on the fi rs t

c h a p t e r o f ?Gu-~ri Chos-h.phel-pa.hi gsu h-g ras (13 , 14 have been wr i t ten by h im) .13. Byah-sa.hi bsdus-don, i n 28 f o l io s . Ep i tom ise d e xp la na t ion

(pin..d~rtha) of the Bodhisattvabhami by Gu-gr i Chos-h.phel . Byah-sa isa s h o r t n a m e o f Rnal-.hbyor-spyod-pa.hi-sa-las Byah-ehub -sems-dpa.hi-sa(P . Cordie r , Catalogue du Fo nds Tibdtain de la Biblioth~que Nationale,Paris, Mdo-.hgrel, Z H I , pa r t 3 p . 379) . This abb revia ted t i tle i s qu otedf r om the o r ig inal T ibe ta n I nde x unde r nos . 5 , 6 , 7 o f po th i Y I ( C or d ie rp. 381-382) wh ich a re th e v.rt ti , bhh.sya and t .ik~ on sect ions o f this text .

14. H.jam-dpa l-mtshan-brjod-kyi .hgrel-pa, 60 f o lio s . C o m m e n ta r y onth e MagjugrPNdmasahg~ti. The qua d r i l i ngua l ( S k t. , T ib . , Mo ngo l i a n a ndC h ine se ) e d i t ion o f t he t e x t ha s be e n e d i t e d by R a g hu Vi r a, Satapit.akaSeries, vol . 18 (New Delh i , 1961) .15. H. bo-ra D on-gru b-kyi gsuh-gras: Rdo-rje-phreh-ba dab M i-tra.hi dbahb~ad, 48 f o lio s . An in t r odu c t ion to the Vajrdval~a nd the c onse c r a t ions(abhi.seka, dbah) o f M i t ra y o g i n b y . H b o -r a D o n - g r u b . O n t h e l o c a t io no f the H .b o - r a M o n a s t e r y s e e J . F . R o c k , The Amm ye Ma-chhen Rangeand Adjacent Regions, p . 26, a nd M a p 3 . I t wa s in the p r ox imi ty o f ou rM dz od- dg e S ga r- gsar M ona s t e r y . The Vajrdvalfwas an of t-u sed abhi.sekate x t ( Loke sh C ha ndr a , " The R in - lha n a nd R in - . hbyuf l " , i n OriensExtremus, VI I I , 207 no te 17 ) . A synops i s o f t he c onse c r a tions o f M i t r a -y o g i n a p p e ar s i n L o k e s h C h a n d r a , The Biography of Mitrayogin (= Indo-Asian Studies, II) .16. Bde-g~egs so-lha.hi cho-ga Mkhan -ehen gs uh .hgrel gto r, 11 folios.A b a l i ex t rac ted (9 .) f rom a com m enta ry a nd the v idhi for the Thi r ty- f iveB udd ha s o f C onf e s s ion , by M kha n- c h e n [ Na g- dba f l -mkha s - g r ub ] . C om -pa r e the phan-yon of the 35 B ud dha s by Hu- r e- che n -mo .h i M kha n- c h e nlqa g - dba f l - mkha s - g r ub in Loke sh C ha ndr a , Eminent Tibetan Polymathso f Mongolia, text p . 40 (vol . G A ) . F o r the i l lu s t r a tions o f t he 35 B uddh a ss e e R a g h u V i r a a n d L o k e s h C h a n d r a , A New Tibeto-Mongol Pantheon,pa r t 3 p . 9 . There a re severa l w ork s dev oted to the 35 Bu ddh as (e.g.Tohoku, 1 1 4 2 , TWB, 5366 a bh i sa m a ya a nd pa in t ing - ma nua l by Tso fl -kha - pa , T W B , 5429 anu~arhsg o f the nam es by R gya l - t sh ab D arm a- r in-chen , T W B , 6341 s to t r a by Dha r ma bha dr a ) .

17. Sdom goit-ma gftis-kyiphyir-bcos, 6 f o l io s . The p r a t iv idh~na o f t hef irs t tw o saf iwaras. S ee TWB, 6958 for aphyir-bcos pratividhfina) ofbhik.sus.18. Bstan-pah. -sgron-m ahi rnam -thar, 5 fo l ios . A sho r t b iog raphicske tch o f Guf l - tha f l Bs tan-pa.h i -sgron-ma , w hos e li s t o f wo rks app ears inM aterials fo r a H istory o f Tibetan Literature, par t 1 , pp. 175-183.


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TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEXTS 30319. Yah de.hi rnam-thar, 49 folios. The biography of the foregoing

Incarnate Lama.20. Thugs-rje-chen-po.hisbyin-sreg,7 folios. The homa o f Mahgk~ru.nikaAvalokitegvara.

21. Ch os-sku s toh-ba-ma, 2 folios. A stotra of Avalokitegvara.22. Lcam-srih, 7 folios. A stotra to Lcam-srifi who is described in

details by Ren6 de Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Orac le s and Dem ons o f T ibe t,pp. 88-93.

SMALL FORMAT(sna-thuh-gi-skor-la:)

23. Mdo-sdud-pa, 90 folios. The Prajgdpdramitd-ratnagu.na-satheayagdthd(Tohoku, 13).11 Its Sanskrit and Tibetan texts have been reprinted inIndo-Iranian R eprints, V by Edward Conze from E. Obermiller's edition(The Hague, 1960). Its English translation by Edward Conze appearsin Indo-Asian Studies (ed. Raghu Vira) part, 1, pp. 128-178.

24. Rgyud-gzhuh bla-brgyud, 5 folios. A prayer to the teachers trans-mitting the teaching of the tantras. Bla-brgyud or guruparampar~-adhye.sa.nfis containing the genealogy of transmission of specific tantras,minor texts, abhi.sekas are of common occurrence. Compare, e.g., abla-ma-brgyud-pa in T W B , 5862.

25. H .don-thabs, 3 folios. A small book of recitation.26. Rgyud-gzhuh, 97 folios. Guhyasamdja-tantra.27. Bde-mchog rtsa-rgyud le .hu thog mtha.h g~is , 9 folios. The first

and last chapters of the Sarhvara-tantra for daily reading.28. H. am -dpal-m tshan-brjod , 51 folios. M a~ju~rf-NdmasahgTti Tohoku,

360).29. H. igs-byed-rtog-bdun, 39 folios; the Vajramahabhairava-tantra(Tohoku, 468). Rtog-bdun (saptakalpa "in seven chapters") to distinguish

it from Tohoku, 469 in three chapters (Rtog-gsum)entitled K.r.s.nayamdri-tantrardja Trikalpa n dm a.30. Bla-ma-lha-bcu-pa, 9 folios. Gurupagcddik~ [Tohoku, 3721, T W B ,

7014, 5269 (expln.), 6416 (memo)].31. B l a - m c h o d , 16 folios. It is a guru-p~j~, probably the one by

Panchen Lama I Chos-kyi-rgyal-mtshan ( T W B , 5892).32. Dzam-lha, a sadhana of Jambhala in three chapters (le-tshan)con-sisting of 23, 20, and 10 folios.33. Byin-bskul , 2 folios. An adhi.s~hfina-adhye.sa.ng.

11 (= A Complete Catalogue of the Tibetan Buddhist Canons), Sendal, 1934.


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304 LOKESH CHANDRA34. Zh i rgyas dba h drag-ma, 1 folio. A folio on the ~finti, pau.s.tika,

abhi.seka, and raudra rites (9.).35. Lam-rim-smon-lam, 3 folios. A pran.idh~na of Tsofi-kha-pa'sLain-r im ( TW B, 5392).

36. Zhih-mchog-sgo-.hbyed, 3 folios. A pran.idh~na of Sukh~vati.37. Bde-smon, 7 folios. Sukh~vati-pran.idh~na: Bde is short for Bde-ba-can "Sukhfivati" and smon for smon-lam "pra nidh~na". It is probably

by Tsofi-kha-pa [TWB, 5275 (69), 6944].38. Kun-rig-smon-lam, 9 folios. A pra.nidh~na of Sarvavid.39. Yon-tan-mchog-gnas-ma da~ ja-mchod rgyas-pa g~is, 3 folios. Two

short opuscules, the latter pertaining to the Tea offering. Short bookletsdevoted to the Tea offering have been written by Dalai Lama I ( T W B ,5572), Dalai Lama V ( T W B , 5660-61), Dflul-chu Dharmabhadra ( T W B ,6292, 6311).

40. Rgyal-sras-mtshan-brjod, Sdig-grib-dag-byed, 5 folios. The namesof Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. They correspond to the ndma genre ofSanskrit works like the Visnusahasrandma.

41. Rje.hi gsah-rnam , 8 folios. A concise esoteric biography of Tsofi-kha-pa.

42. Sku-.hphre h gsum-pa.hi rnam -thar, 15 folios. A biographic sketch ofthe Third Incarnation of ? (unspecified).43. Thugs-rje-chen-po-.hgro-kun-gduh-sel. 6 folios. A prayer to Ava-

lokite~vara.44. Bya m s-pa .hjam-dbyah s-la brten-pah, i bla-ma.hi-rnaL.hbyor, 3 folios.

Guruyoga based on Maitreya and Mafiju~ri.45. Bskal-bzah-rgyal-sras-ma, 4 folios. A pran.idh~na.46. Sku -.hph reh gsum-pah, i bla-ma.hi-rnaL.hbyor, 3 folios. Guruyoga

based on the Third Incarnat ion of ? (unspecified, cf. no. 42).47. Gsah-h.dus bla-ma.hi-rnal-h,byor, 10 folios. Guruyoga based on the

Guhyasamdja.48. Rje Bts o~ -kh a-p a-la brten-pa.hi bla-ma.hi-rnal-.hbyor, 9 folios.

Guruyoga based on Tsofi-kha-pa.49. Thu gs-rje-ehen-po-dah .hbreLba.hi bla-ma.hi-rnaL.hbyor, 3 folios.

Guruyoga connected with Avalokite~vara.50. H. am -dkar-bstod-pa, 1 folio. A stotra of Sita Mafiju~ri.51. Lho-brag-grub-ehen-gyi gsol-.hdebs, 3 folios. A pran.idh~na to

Nam-mkha.h-rgya-mtsho of Lho-brag in Tibet.52. Skal-bzah-thar-.hdod-ma, 1 folio.53. Smad-byuh-srid-zhi-ma, 5 folios.54. Mkha.h-khyab-bye-ba-ma, 5 folios.


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TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEXTS 30555. Dpal-ma~-rin-po-che.hi-bka.h-drin-rjes-ma,11 folios.56. Skal-bzah-stobs-bcu-ma, 4 fo l ios .57. Srid-zhi-gtsug-rgyan-ma, 1 fo l io . Th e ab ove s ix t ex t s (nos . 52-57)

a re praa.lidh~nas , des ig na te d by the i r ope nin g word s .58. Bden-gtam-gsal-ba.hi-me-lofi,7 fo l ios . I t appe ars to be a nRi t ex t .59. Kh a-m ehu zhi-ba.hi-mdo, 5 fo l ios .60. Yu I-khr us ehar-.hbebs g~is, 8 f o l io s . T w o t e x ts on (i) t he c e r e m on y

of s p r i nk l i ng w a t e r ( c f . T W B , 6022) on t he y u l - l ha a nd (ii) r a i n - m a k i n g .Y uM ha a r e l oc a l p r o t e c t i ve de i t i e s ( N e be s ky - W oj kow i t z , e s p . pp . 231 -252).

61. M gon-po.hi-bskah thuh, 2 f o l io s . Re l i g i ous se r v ic e s t o M a hf i kg l a ,i n b r e v i o r . F o r bskah-ba.hi-mdos a n d bskafi-rdzas s e e N e b e s k y - W o j k o -witz, pp. 373, 395, 433.

62. Lha-mohi-bskah thufi, 7 fo l ios . Re l ig ious se rv ices to S r iD evi .63. G~an-bska~, 3 f o l io s . Re l i g i ous s er v ic e s t o t h e c la s s o f m i no r

d e it ie s k n o w n a s G f ia n , o n w h o m s ee N e b e s k y - W o j k o w i t z p p . 28 8-2 90 .64. Lhun-grub-bde-stoh-ma, 5 fol ios . I t is a bskah, p r o b a b l y w r i tt e n b y

C h o s - k y i - r g y a - m t s h o .65. Chos-rgyal Leam-srih g~is, 3 fo l ios . Bsk af i s e rv ices to D harm ar~. j a

a n d L c a m - s r if i. O n t h e m s ee N e b e s k y - W o j k o w i t z p . 8 2 f . a n d p . 8 8 f .66. Rn am -sras gtor-.hbul, 1 f o l i o . A v i dh i f o r o f f e r i ng ba l i to V a i g r a va ha.67. D am -can gtor-.hbul, 5 f o l io s . A ba l i - v i dh i f o r D a m - c a n Rd o- r j e -

l e g s- p a o r V a j r a sg d h u , t h e s a m a y i n . F o r V a j r a s g d h u o n e m a y c o n s u l tF . D . L e s s i ng , Yung-ho-kung, p. 17 , A G rf inw ede l , Mythologie desBuddhismus in T ibet und der Mon golei, p . 1 85 f ., R a g h u V i r a a n d L o k e s hC h a n d r a , A Ne w Tibeto-Mongol Pantheon, pa r t 7 , p . 6 a nd p l a t e 508 .I n Kdlaeakra-tantra 3 . 2 ( e d . Ra ghu V i r a ) dam-tshig-can c o r r e s p o n d s t oSkt . samayin.

6 8 . . H j a m - d p a l zhi-khro-ma dab rluh bsky ed bcas-pa, 5 folio s. A b ali (.9)f o r M a f i j u ~ r i i n i t s g ~ n t a a n d k r o d h a e p i p h a n i e s , w i t h a v i d h i f o r t h elu~-rta ( .9 ) ba nn er .

69. Chab-gtor, 7 f o l i o s . A j a l a ba l i - v i dh i . I n t he T a n j u r t he r e a r e t w oopus c u l e s w i t h t he t i t l e Chu-gtor-gyi cho-ga (Toho ku, 3775, 3779). S .C .D a s , Tibetan-English D ictionary, r e n d e r s ehu-gtor, chab-gtor a s tarpan,a.T W B , 6928 is a ehab-gtor t o g g k y a m u n i (T W B , r e n d e r s ehab-gtor a sarghapt~j~.vidhi).

70. Phyug-glud, 6 f o l i o s . I t pe r t a i n s t o the r it e s o f " s ubs t i t u t e - o f f e r i n g"f o r a ve r t i ng ha r m to c a t t le ( se e N e be s k y - W oj ko w i t z , pp . 361 -62). F o rt h e v a r i o u s glud s e e r e f e r e nc e s i n N e be s ky - W oj kow i t z , p . 639 ( i nde x ) .

71. Rmad-byu~-srid-ma, 5 fo l ios .


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306 L O K ES H C H A N D R A72. Mtshan-shags, 1 f o lio . A c o mp os i t i on eu log is ing the c om pon e n t

le t te r s of the nam e of a de i ty or guru (cf . T W B , 6482).73. Nor-rgyun-ma, 2 f o lio s . Va su ndha r g e u log ium.74. Sgrol-ljah, 11 f o l io s . A e u logy a dd r es se d to G r e e n Ta r a .75. H.bru-h.phel-ba.hi gz uh s, 5 fol ios. A dh~ran.i for th e increase of

gra in-harvest .

I L L U S T R A T I O N S

76. Kun-rig-gi dkyi l- .hkhor dpar: A c osmogr a ph ic r e p r e se n ta t ion o rma.n.dala-illustration o f Sarv avid .77. Bde G sa h H.jigs gsum -gyi dkyil-h, khor dpa r: an i l lus t ra t ion of the

man..da la of the t r iad o f Sa rhvara, G uh yas am aja a nd B ha i rava .78. So-sor-h.bran-ma.hi bsruh-.hkhor: a rak . sacakra of Mahapra t i sa ra .

F o r sruh-.hkhor se e Ne be sky - W ojkow i t z , pp . 504 -505 .79. Rna m-h.jom bsruh-.hkhor: a rak.sgcakra o f Vajravidara.na. R na m -

.h joms i s a sho r t a ppe l l a t ion o f V a j r av ~ ( e . g .G . de R oe r i c h , Blue Annals,p. 538).

80. Khro-bcuh. bsruh-.hkhor: a rak .sgcakra of the Ten K ro dh a De i t ie s .O n t h e m s e e A New Tibe to-Mongol Pantheon, par t 2 , p . 5 ; B . Bha t ta -c ha r yya , Ni.spannayogdvaI~ i n t r od , p . 36 ; R a ghu V i r a , Kdlacakra- tantra3.23 (krodha-v.rnda)

81. H.od-zer-can-ma.hi bsruh-.hkhor: a rak.s~cakra o f M ~rici.82. Sgro l-ma.hi bsruh-.hkhor: a raks .acakra of Tara .83. Tsakra-bcu-gsum-ma.hi bsruh-.hkhor: rak.s~cakra of the Tray od aga t-

m aka [Va j rabha irava] . See T W B , 5100 (Bu-s ton) , 5518 (Mkhas-grubDge- legs-dpa l -bza fi -po) , 6272 (D harm abh adra ) , 644 1 (Dby af is -can-grub-pa.hi-rdo-rje).

84. Thog bsruh: a pro tec t ive r i te , o r more probably a r ak . s~cakra ,aga ins t -l igh tn ing . Co nsul t N ebe sky -W ojko w i tz , pp . 479-480.

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