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INDEX.

THE names of the authors quoted in the text have been excluded, as the various publications on Buddhism have been enumerated, in the alphabetical order of the editors, in the Appendix "Literature," pp. 331-69.

The Tibetan terms are given in native characters, and exact transliteration in the Appendix "Glossary," pp. 371-93. Terms of more frequent occurrence and greater importance have been referred to in this Index again.

Adi Buddha, the supreme and eternal Arhat, the beings who, by having enBuddha, 50.

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tered the highest of the four paths
leading to Nirvana, have gained
emancipation from re-birth and
acquired supernatural faculties, 27,
44, 127.
Arrows, used in ceremonies, 260, 261,
270.-A drawing occurs on Plate XX
of the Atlas.

Aryasanga, an Indian priest, 32, 39.
Astrologers, 156.

Astrology and astrological arts, 273,290.
Astrological tables, for indicating lucky

and unlucky periods, 293;-for di-
rections in important undertakings,
304;-consulted in cases of sick-
ness, 313;-for marriage, 315. Atlas,
Plates XIX, XX.

Asuras, evil spirits, 92.

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Bérma, Reports on, 336, 350, 352, 363. | Ceylon, number of Lamas, 165.

Bhagavat, a name of the Buddha, 4.
Bhikshu, Bhikshuni, "a mendicant,”

149, 162.

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Works on the Buddhist religion in,
337, 344, 345, 348, 363, 364, 365, 366,
367.

Bhután, Date of the introduction of Changpo, a talisman, 256.-A copy taken
Buddhism into, 71.

number of Lamas in Tassisúdon,
164.

Reports on, 349, 355.

Bihar Gyalpo, the protector of religious

buildings, 177; Atlas, Plate IX.
Bodhisattvas, candidates for the Bud-
dhaship, 28.

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later application of this word, 149.
their faculties, 36.

representations of, 212.

Bon, a sect in Tíbet, 74, 137.
Brahma, implored for protection against
evil spirits, 114, 158, 235. An image
occurs among the additional figures
on Plate X of the Atlas.
Brikungpa, a sect in Tíbet, 74.
Brugpa, a sect in Tíbet, 74.
Buddha, the historical, see Sakyamuni.
Buddhas, their faculties and bodies, 7,
29, 38, 44.

signs of beauty, 140, 208.
representations of, 208, 221.
measurements of Buddha figures,

216.

Buddhapalita, an Indian priest, 41.
Buddhism, present area of, and number
of adherents, 11.

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traces of it in Norway, 327.

in Amerika, 13, 328.
fundamental dogma, 15.

number of precepts, 24.

origin of sects, 21.

extirpation in India, 9, 22.

favourable influence in the mitiga-

tion of barbarous customs, 243.
Buildings, religious, 177.
Burnt-offering, 249.

Calendars, 273.

Cave temples, see Rock temples.
Ceremonies, religious, 227.

from a Tibetan wood-cut faces this
page.

Chenresi, one of the names given to

Padmapani, the protector of Tibet, 88.
China, Date of the introduction of
Buddhism into, 71.

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number of Buddhists, 11 of
Lamas at Pekin, 165.

Works on the Buddhist religion in,
335, 341, 344, 345, 347, 348, 352,
354, 355, 362, 363, 364.
Chinsreg, the burnt-offering, 249.
Choichong, the god of astrology, and
protector of man against evil spirits,
156; Atlas, Plate X.
Chorten, Meaning and forms of the,
192.

Christians, Numbers of, 13.
Chronology, The various modes of, in
Tíbet, 275.

Chronological table for the years A.D.
1852-1926, 282.

Clergy, fundamental laws, 148.
Confession obtains remission of sins, 94.
Public, in Tibet, 239-242.

Buddhas of, 96, 122, 263, 393.
Cosmogonical system, 51, 136.
Csoma de Körös, his studies of Tibe-
tan, 82.

Cycle of 12 years, 276; of 60 years,
277; of 252 years, 284.

Dabchad, "octagon," a magical figure,

248; Atlas, Plate XVI.
Dākinī, female spirits, 248.

Dalai Lama, the highest in rank of
the Tibetan priesthood, 152.
Darjiling, meaning of the name, 179.
Derchoks, prayer-flags, 198.

Dharani, mystic sentences; also the

books detailing their application and
advantages, 48, 55.

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Dharmakaya, the body obtained by Gods, genii, and malignant spirits,

the Buddhas when leaving the world
for ever, 38.

Dharmaraja, the king of the law, 93,
185.

Dhyana, abstract meditation, 52, 54.
Dhyani Buddhas, celestial Buddhas,
the manifestations of the human
Buddhas in the world of forms, 51,
210.

Diet of the Lamas, 167.
Dipankara, an imaginary Buddha, 131;
Atlas, Plate XI.: the priest with the
conical cap.

Doljang, a Chinese princess and deified
consort of king Srongtsan Gampo,
66; Atlas, Plate VII.

Dolkar, a Nepalese princess and deified
consort of king Srongtsan Gampo,
66.

107.

Guhyapati, a name of Vajradhara, 50.

Hells, 92, 134.
Hermits, 163.

Himis Monastery, in Ladák, 179, 183.
Hinayana system, "the little vehicle,"
19.

Hri, an imploration of Padmapani, 261.

Illnesses, Causes and remedies of, 265.
Isvaras, The three, 251.

Jaina sect, an offshoot of Buddhism;
dissertations on this sect, 335, 336,
338, 343, 347, 352, 356, 363.
Japan, Buddhism in, 40, 306, 348,

363.

Dolma, a name comprising Doljang Kadampa, a sect in Tíbet, 73.

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Dramas, Performance of religious, Kanjur, a compilation embodying the

232-236.

Drawings and painting of deities, 204.
Dress of the Lamas, 72, 170.
Dubjed, a rite intended to enable one
to concentrate his thoughts, 247.
Dzambhala, the god of wealth, 263;
Atlas, Plates VIII., XI.

Foundation-Lamas, 136, 141, 186.
Festivals, monthly and annual, 237.
Funeral rites, 269.

Gautama, name of the Buddha, 4.
Gedun, the Tibetan term for clergy,
133.

Gelong, an ordained Lama, 137, 162.
Gelukpa, a sect in Tibet, 73.

Glory, 210.

Glossary of Tibetan terms, 371.

works translated from Sanskrit into
Tibetan, 78.

Kapilavastu, Site of the town of, 4.
Karmapa, a sect in Tibet, 74.
Kargyutpa, a sect in Tíbet, 73.
Kasyapa, the supposed predecessor of
Sakyamuni, 132.

Kāundinya, a Buddha to come, 132.
Khanpo, an abbot, 155.
Kings, The five great, 157.
Kirghises, 12.

Kite, devoted to Mahadeva, 261.

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Lamrim, a famous book written by Monuments, Religious, 177, 192.

Tsonkhapa, 77, 104, 243.
Lapcha, a heap of stones to support

a pole with prayers, 198.
Letters of the Tibetan alphabet formed
in the 7th century A.D., 67.
Lhamayin, malignant spirits, 109.
Lhamo, implored for keeping off the
evil spirits, 112, 119, 235; Atlas,
Plate I.: the figure riding a horse.
Literature, the sacred Tibetan, 76.

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European, on Buddhism, 331-69.
Lotus, the symbol of highest perfec-

tion, 66, 120, 213.

Lungta, the Airy Horse, 253; Atlas,
Plate XVII.

Madhyama, 43.

Madhyamika schools, 32, 68.
Mahadeva, 261.

Mahakala, 261.

Mahāyāna system, "the great vehicle,"
30.

Mahōragas, terrestrial dragons, 271.
Maitreya, the Buddha to come, 32,
88, 209, 211; Atlas, Plate V.
Mani, low walls against which stone
slabs bearing inscriptions or images.
of deities are leant, 196.
prayer-cylinders, 229.

Month, names for, and numbers of
days, 287.

Mudra, a conventional sign formed by
a certain placing of the fingers, 56,
208, 245.

Musical instruments, 228.
Mysticism, the system of, 46.

Nagarjuna, also Nagasena, an Indian
priest, 30, 101, 136, 394.
Nagas, fabulous creatures of the na-
ture of serpents, 31.

Nagpo Chenpo, implored in the cere-
mony "moving the arrow," 261.
Nidanas, The twelve, 23.
Nirmanakaya, the body in which Bud-
dhas and Bodhisattvas dwell upon
earth, 38, 127.

Nirvana, "blowing out," utter extinc-
tion of existence, 27, 42, 98, 100,
354.

Nyigmapa, a sect in Tibet, 72.
Nyungne, or Nyungpar nepai choga, a

solemn kind of confession, 95, 240.

Odan, or Wodan, supposed to be
derived from the root budh, 328,
note.

Offerings, 228.

pills to be taken in cases of ill- Om mani padme hum, the powerful
ness, 266.

Mani Kambum, an historical Tibetan

work, 77, 83, and seq.

Manjusri, the god of wisdom, 65;
Atlas, Plate VI.

Manla, a Buddha of medicine, 266;

Atlas, Plate V, XI.: the uncovered
figures.

Manushi, or human Buddhas, 51.
Meba gu, "the nine blots," 297.
Meditation, 24, 36, 39, 44, 47, 54, 163,
248.

Melha, the lord of the genii of fire,
207, 251.
Metempsychosis, 91.
Monasteries, 179.

six-syllabic prayer delivered to man
by Padmapani, 84, 120, 266; Atlas,
Plates XIV., XV.

Padmapani, the particular protector
of Tibet, 52, 63, 83, 88; Atlas, Plate
IV., XII.

Padma Sambhava, an Indian sage, 67,
136; Atlas, Plate XIII.
Panchen Rinpoche, the incarnated

Lama residing at Tashilhúnpo, 153.
Pandita Atisha, an Indian priest, 69,
136.

Paramarthasatya, one of the two truths
by which the emptiness of things is
demonstrated, 35, 41.

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Pāramitās, the six transcendental vir- Rock temples in India, 152, note.

tues, 36.

Paratantra, existence by causal con-
nexion, 34.

Parikalpita, the supposition, or error,

34.

Parinishpanna, the unchangeable true

existence, 34.

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Dissertations on, 342, 344, 352, 355,
359, 362, 364, 365, 368.
Rosaries, 174.

Sadag, the lord of the ground, 271.
Sakyapa, a sect in Tíbet, 73.

Pataliputra, Site of the town of, 21, Sakridägämin, the beings who have

336, 343.

Patra, the alms-bowl, 210, 295.

entered the second of the four paths
leading to Nirvāna, 26.

Peacocks, occur in representations of Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of

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Buddhism, his life and death, 3, 86,
167.

period of his existence, 7.
innumerability of his existences
previous to the reception of the
Buddhaship, 130.

his images, 207; Atlas, Plate I.:
the central figure.

-native biographies, 335, 337, 339,
344, 351, 355, 357, 360.
Samapatti, the acquirement of in-
difference, 54.

Samatha, the state of perfect tran-
quillity, 54.

Sambhala, a country in Central Asia,
47.

Sambhogakaya, the body obtained by
the Buddhas when becoming perfect
in intelligence, 38.

Samsara, the circle of existences, 36,
87.

Samvara, female genii, 108; Atlas,
Plate II.: the figures placed within
circles.

Samvritisatya, one of the two truths
by which the emptiness of things
is demonstrated, 35, 41.
Sanskrit Works; period when they
were written, 32.

Santa Rakshita, an Indian priest, 67.
Satsa, or Tsatsa, a cone or plastic
figure enclosing sacred objects, 206.
Sects in India, 21.

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