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92   ANTIQUITIES OF INDIAN TIBET   [VoL. II

and his minister. They destroyed the Buddhist religion, but were again overcome by reincarnations of the early erectors of the famous stűpa of Nepal. The Thangshu says (op. cit., p. 342) that Tamo was fond of wine, a lover of field sports, and devoted to women, and besides, cruel, tyrannical, and ungracious. According to S. Ch. Das (JASB., 1881, p.. 230) Glaii-dar-ma uttered the following words when dying : ` Why was I not killed three years back, that I might not have committed so much sin and mischief ; or three years hence, that I might have rooted out Buddhism from the country.' He figures in the devil dances of the lamas as the ` enemy of religion '. The Ladakhi kings, who are descended from him, wear their hair in a peculiar fashion, handed down from his time (see my History of Western Tibet, pp. 59-60). The earliest version of the legend of the image which cannot be moved out of its position is connected with the story of Glairdar-ma's

persecution of Buddhism.

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NOTES

This king is called Hod-sruiis in the Dpag-bsam-ljon-bzai (p. 152), and Gerel-Ssakiktshi by the Mongol authors.

The Rgyal-rabs-gsal-bahi-me-loi, the Dpag-bsam-ljon-bzan, and the Bodhimör (op. cit., p. 51) all agree on the following tale :—Hod-sruii was the real and legitimate son by one of Glairdar-ma's younger queens. His claim to the throne was contested by Yum-brtan, the foster-son of the ` great queen '. According to Ssanang-Ssetsen (op. cit., p. 51) Hod-srun did not believe in Buddhism.

The names of the monks who came [from India ?] I cannot trace anywhere else. The names of the Medicine Guru Buddhas are the following :—Sakya-thub-pa, Rin-chen-zla-ba, Mya-Tian-med-mchog-dpal, Chos-grags-rgya-mtshohi-dpal, Gser-bzaii-dri-med, Suon-mkhyen-rgyal-po, and Mtshan-legs.

p. 35.   His son was Lde-dpal-hkhor-btsan (c. 870-900 A.D.). During the lifetime of this

king the monastery of Upper Mnah-ris, and others, [in all] eight monasteries, were ' erected. Scriptures like the .Hbum and others were copied in great numbers. He swore an oath to build up religion (or temples).

NOTES

This king is called Dpal-hkhor-btsan in the Dpag-bsam-ljon-bzai (p. 152), Bilamgur-dzan in SsanangSsetsen (op. cit., p. 51), and Esen-berke-tsog-nökör in the Bodhimör (op. cit., p. 365). Ssanang-Ssetsen confirms the statement that he erected eight temples. The Dpag-bsam-ljon-bzan says (p. 152) that he was murdered by his subjects. I do not know which monastery is meant by the ` monastery of Upper Mnah-ris '. Regarding the Hbum, it seems to be one of the many names used for the Prajná-páramità.

VI. The Kings of the First West Tibetan Dynasty

(S MS.) The story of the later spread of Buddhism is as follows :—Hod-sruii (c. 842-70 A.D.) was Glan-dar-ma's son. He asked Dpal-gyi-rdo-rje of Lha-lui to

honour the Medicine Guru Buddhas and prayed. By the blessing of the Medicine Guru Buddhas he obtained the sovereignty. In harmony with the kindness of his ancestors he firmly established the religious ceremonies and the religious buildings: He protected Miiah-ris according to religion. Besides, when Rtsad-rab-gsal, Yo-gehbyun, Dge-ba-rab-gsal, and Sba-rab (L MS. : Spa-rab), altogether ten [priests] had arrived, Buddha's teaching began to spread and flourish. Further, temples were erected like the stars of heaven.