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BAUDDHA TRACTS FROM NEPAL.
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9. May Mahesa, named Kila', the Vitarága, emanating from SAMANTABHADRA, in the form of a flag, on the holy mountain, for the benefit of mankind, frightening, as with a stake, the fierce serpent KuLIKA, the King of the Nágas,
10. May that Sarveswara, the son of the great Jina, holding a trident and a bell, a portion of VAJRAPÁNI, in the form of a water-jar, assumed at the command of LOKESWARA, to cherish SARVAPÁDA1, and left on earth for the benefit of mankind, be propitious to you-I adore him.
11. May Gartteśa", the all-bestowing form assumed by MANJU DEVA, for a portion of himself, in order to awake the ignorant, and idle, and sensual Manjugartta', and convert him (it) to a profound and learned sage (or region), be propitious to you-I adore him.
1 Or Kileswara.
2 The text has Śrigiri, which the comment calls Charugiri.
3 KULIKA is one of the eight chiefs of the Nágas, or serpents of Pátála.
A sage also named VAJRÁCHÁRYA, but the term is also used in a generic sense.
5 The Linga is called Ghateswara.
The emblem of MANJU DEVA is a Chauri; but Gartta is a cavern, a hole, or hollow. The text in this instance, therefore, does not preserve its symbolic consistency as in the preceding
stanzas.
7 The comment seems to understand by Manju-gartta, Nepal, the hollow or valley of MANJUDEVA, who, according to Mr. HODGSON, appears to be a historical personage. [Burnouf, "Lotus de la bonne loi", 500 f.]
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