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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES OF THE ATLAS.

Group I.

Representations of Deities.

Plate I. The thirty-five Buddhas of Confession, in Tibetan Tungshakchi

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sangye songa.

II. Vajrasattva, in Tibetan Dorjesempa, the God above all

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III. The Dhyani Buddha Amitabha, in Tibetan Odpagmed.

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IV. Padmapāni, in Tibetan Chenresi, the particular Protector of

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Manjusri, in Tibetan Jamjang, the God of wisdom.

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The goddess Doljang, the deified consort of king Srongtsan Gampo (A.D. 617-98).

» VIII. Dzambhala, or Dodnevangpo, the God of wealth, with his

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assistants.

Bihar Gyalpo, the Patron of monasteries and temples.

Choichong Gyalpo, the God of astrology, and Protector of man against evil spirits.

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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."

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XV. The six-syllabic prayer: "Om mani padme hum."
XVI. The magical figure Dabchad, "octagon."

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XVII. Mystical sentences with the Figure of the Airy Horse.

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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.
2. A Tibetan translation of the same.

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II. Address to the Goddess Lhamo, in Sanskrit Kaladēvi . . . . .

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III. Vajrapani, or Chakdor, the Subduer of the Evil Spirits.
Reduced from the original, which is cut into a prayer-
stone put upon a prayer-wall in Sikkim...

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IV. The six-syllabic prayer-"Om mani padme hum."
Taken from a woodcut from Eastern Tibet..

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Plate V. to VIII. Digpa thamchad shagpar terchoi, an Address to the
Buddhas of Confession

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IX. Historical Document relating to the Foundation of the Mon-
astery of Hímis, in Ladák.

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.

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2. Copies of formulæ, obtained at the Monastery of Hímis, in Ladák

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XIII. The Talisman Chango. From Dába in Gnári Khórsum.... 256

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XIV. Print from slips of wood used in Tíbet as a supposed pro-
tection against Evil Spirits.

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XVI. Prints from slips of wood used in Tíbet as a supposed pro-
tection against Evil Spirits.

No. 3., from Sikkim..

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XVII. Treaty between Adolphe Schlagintweit and the Chinese
Authorities of Dába.

This was in reference to the routes he and his brother
Robert should be allowed to take in Gnári Khórsum.. 278

» XVIII. Divination Formulæ.

Taken from Figure-tables from Lhássa. 1. To calculate
the direction favourable for an undertaking; 2. For
learning beforehand the issue of an illness.

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Plate XIX. Divination Formulæ.

Taken from Figure-tables from Gnári Khórsum. 1. For
the interpretation of oracles. (The oracles to which
they refer are given on Plate XX.) 2. Rythmical sen-
tences concerning the influence of the elements, for
good or bad, upon a proposed marriage.

XX. Queries and Answers.

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Taken from a soothsaying-table from Gnári Khórsum.... 322

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PART I.

THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF BUDDHISM.

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