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23. May the divinities HEVAJRA, SAMVARA, CHANDAVÍRA, TRILOKAVIRA and YoGÁMBARA, with their train; may the destroyer of YAMA and the rest of the ten Kings of wrath, with all hidden and revealed spirits; may APARIMITÁYU NÁMSANGÍTi, be propitious to you' -I adore them.
24. May MANJUNÁTII, who having come from Sirsha, with his disciples, divided the mountain with his scymitar, and on the dried-up lake erected a city, the pleasant residence of men, worshipping the deity sitting on the elemental Lotus, be propitious to youI adore him.
25. May ABJAPÁNI, the chief of the companion train of HAYAGRIVA, and JAŤÁDHARA', who came to the mountain Potala after having gone from Saukhavati*
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Most of these belong to the Bauddha system and the Swabhárika division. APARIMITÁYU and NÁn Sangiti are both Buddhas, 10 each of whom various associates are attached.
2 Some observations on the historical purport of this and the next verse will be subjoined to the text.
3 The construction of this passage might warrant the use of Jatádhara as the epithet of HAYAGRIVA, the wearer of the Jatá, or matted hair, denoting a follower of Sira, particularly as HAYAGRiva is said to be a Bhairava, one of Siva's attendants: but the comment calls Jaiádhara a Lokeswara: according to Mr. Hodgson, also HAYAGRIVA and JATÁDHARA are two of the menial attendants of ABJAPÁNI or PADMAPÁNI, one of the Dhyáni Buddhas; others are named Sudhana, Kumára, Ajita, Aparajita, Marsainya, Varada, Akálamrityu, Jaya, Tijaya, Abhayaprada, and Dhanada, most of which names are well known to the Hindus as those of the attendants on Siva and Párvati.
* [Köppen, "Religion des Buddha”, 11,28. Wassiljew, 1.1. I, 222.]
