LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES OF THE ATLAS. Group I. Representations of Deities. Plate I. The thirty-five Buddhas of Confession, in Tibetan Tungshakchi sangye songa. II. Vajrasattva, in Tibetan Dorjesempa, the God above all III. The Dhyani Buddha Amitabha, in Tibetan Odpagmed. IV. Padmapāni, in Tibetan Chenresi, the particular Protector of Manjusri, in Tibetan Jamjang, the God of wisdom. » VII. The goddess Doljang, the deified consort of king Srongtsan Gampo (A.D. 617-98). » VIII. Dzambhala, or Dodnevangpo, the God of wealth, with his assistants. Bihar Gyalpo, the Patron of monasteries and temples. Choichong Gyalpo, the God of astrology, and Protector of man against evil spirits. Plate XII. Padmapäni, in Tibetan Chenresi, the particular Protector of Tibet. XIII. Padma Sambhava, a deified Indian sage of the eight century A.D. Group II. Sentences and Figures for averting the dangers arising from evil spirits. Plate XIV. The six-syllabic prayer: "Om mani padme hum." XV. The six-syllabic prayer: "Om mani padme hum." XVII. Mystical sentences with the Figure of the Airy Horse. XVIII. The magical figure Phurbu, with the face of Tamdin. XIX. A Soothsaying Table, with numerous figures and sentences. XX. Table to indicate lucky and unlucky periods, as well as the chances of undertakings. TABLES OF NATIVE PRINT IN THE TEXT. Plate I. The fundamental Dogma of the Buddhist Faith. 1. In Sanskrit, written with Tibetan characters. Page 16 II. Address to the Goddess Lhamo, in Sanskrit Kaladēvi . . . . . 114 III. Vajrapani, or Chakdor, the Subduer of the Evil Spirits. 114 IV. The six-syllabic prayer-"Om mani padme hum." 120 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XXIII Page Plate V. to VIII. Digpa thamchad shagpar terchoi, an Address to the 142 IX. Historical Document relating to the Foundation of the Mon- X. Melhai Gyalpo, the Lord of the Genii of Fire. From a woodcut from Eastern Tibet. › XI. Mystical sentences, with the figure of the Airy Horse. From Hímis. The letters are here inverted, the same having been cut into the block itself in their positive form. XII. Forms of invocations of Lungta, the Airy Horse. No. 1. Print from a Tibetan woodcut from Sikkim. 2. Copies of formulæ, obtained at the Monastery of Hímis, in Ladák 188 252 254 254 XIII. The Talisman Chango. From Dába in Gnári Khórsum.... 256 XIV. Print from slips of wood used in Tíbet as a supposed pro- No. 1., from Síkkim.... >> XV. Prints from slips of wood used in Tíbet as a supposed protection against Evil Spirits. No. 2., from Síkkim... XVI. Prints from slips of wood used in Tíbet as a supposed pro- No. 3., from Sikkim.. 268 268 268 XVII. Treaty between Adolphe Schlagintweit and the Chinese This was in reference to the routes he and his brother » XVIII. Divination Formulæ. Taken from Figure-tables from Lhássa. 1. To calculate 308 Plate XIX. Divination Formulæ. Taken from Figure-tables from Gnári Khórsum. 1. For XX. Queries and Answers. Page 318 Taken from a soothsaying-table from Gnári Khórsum.... 322 |