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the several kula of superior beings, such as Ratnollama,
Ratnāvābhāsa, etc., down to l. 40; then follows a series of
formulas, down to ll. 70, 81, 126, respectively.

Second portion, beginning on l. 132 and ending on l. 228
in middle of a sentence, unfinished, and leaving blank space
of 11¾" ruled with guide lines in faint red ink; contains
a portion (53 verses and a half) of the same religious poem
which is preserved in Pōthi, Ch. 00277, and which may be
the Khotanese version of the Skr. Śatapañcāśatika-stōtra of
Mārceta. It may be noted that the usual semicircular sign,
as in baysa, is in this roll made angular, ḍaysa. No. 19,
Hoernle Reg. 27' 6" x 10".

Ch. 00269. Roll, practically complete, but damaged at
upper end about 6"; stiff dun-coloured paper. Covered, on
obv., with Chin.; on rev. about 8' 4" covered with 120 ll.
(counting from below the damage) of Cursive Gupta writing
in Khotanese, divided into several paragraphs, marked off by
two dots (..·). The longest comprises ll. 24–108, but four
ll. (66–9) are crossed through. The last paragraph, from
l. 111, treating of haudi rīspāra or 'seven Rājapura', is
written with a different pen and lighter ink than the rest.
In the long paragraphs several rīspāri are spoken of, e.g.
l. 25, l. 40, etc. No. 20, Hoernle Reg. 30' 9" x 10⅜".

Ch. 00270. Roll, fr. only, on dun-coloured paper.
Inscr. on obv. with Chin.; on rev. with 14 ll. Cursive Gupta
in Khotanese; much faded, hardly legible, and not in-
telligible. No. 21, Hoernle Reg. 1' 4½" x 10".

Ch. 00271. Roll, fr. only; of tough, thick, dun-coloured
paper, defective at top and bottom. Writing in Cursive
Gupta, frequently faded and mostly very bad.
Begins with mere scrawls. Then in good black writing
table of numeral radicals, from 1 to 100,000. Then a date,
only partially legible, ṣye Cvātaji masti 2ṣmye hafai—below
it 25mye hafai; i.e. 'year?, Cvātaji month, 24th day, and
25th day'. Then, in a pupil's hand, incomplete series of
numeral radicals, omitting 1, 2, 3, 9. Finally, 10 ll. writing,
partly illegible; cf. Ch. c. 002, No. 22, Hoernle Reg.
3' 11" x 10".

Ch. 00272. Roll, complete; on thin yellowish paper,
mended at upper end and mounted on wooden spindle.
Covered on obv. with Chin.; on rev., Khotanese script in
Cursive Gupta. In part, alphabetic and syllabic tables; in
part, some Buddhist text. In some places disfigured by most
disorderly writing, as of a child or illiterate person.
ll. 1–5, detached remarks in faded ink; ll. 6–10, table of
alphabetical and numeral radicals, with dissociated g–h, j–h,
d–h, b–h, and omitting cerebrals as well as dental z; ll. 11,
17, 34, and 35, unintelligible scrawls; ll. 12–16, repetition
of above table; ll. 18–33, syllabary in three divisions; ll.36–62,
long statement, beginning and ending with a date; l. 37,
mārija māśisi dasṃye hadai, 'in the Mārija month, tenth
day'; l. 60, caulaśaṃyi kjauga psaisa salya haja māśisi
hasta-bestaṃyi hadai, i.e. 'in the fourteenth period, psaisa
year, haja month, twenty-eighth day'; ll. 63–7, remarks in
faded ink; ll. 68–78, ordinary table of alphabetical and
numerical radicals and syllabary, the latter incomplete;
ll. 79–86, another statement, but without any date, followed

by some lines of unintelligible scrawls. No. 23, Hoernle
Reg. 10' 2" x 10".

Ch. 00273. Roll, complete; thick tough yellowish
paper. Covered on obv. with Chin. writing; on rev. with
Cursive Gupta, 19 ll., covering only 1' 10", the remainder
being blank. Begins with table of alphabetical and numeral
radicals in 5 ll. followed by syllabary in 14 ll.
The alphabetical scheme is the special one which dis-
sociates the sonant aspirates, g–ha, j–ha, as in roll Ch. 0046
and 00272. The syllabary is incomplete, only extending to
the da, ḍa series. Also siddhaṃ is repeated with each Varga,
or class. No. 24, Hoernle Reg. 25' 3" x 10".

Ch. 00274. Pōthi, apparently complete, on thick tough paper;
clean and well preserved; 4 ll. on page, marginal and guiding
lines also in black; and small circle, ⅜" diam., and 3½" off L. edge.
Fol. Nos. in L. margin, obv. Total of fols. 39, all preserved.
The whole in Khotanese and Upright Gupta; but on last
fol. 39, 2 ll. of obv., and all 4 ll. rev. are in Cursive Gupta.
Contents, some Buddhist text, not yet identified. No. 25,
Hoernle Reg. 14⅜" x 2½". Pl. CL.

Ch. 00275 and xlvi. 0012. a. Pōthi, complete, in
Khotanese and Upright Gupta; on coarse, thick, tough
paper; 4 ll. black ink writing on p.; marginal and guiding
lines in faint red ink; small circle, ⅜" diam., 4" off L. edge,
in black ink. Soiled and damaged by water. Fols. 33, viz.
Nos. 1–10, 15, 20–38, 40, 42, 44, in Ch. 00275; and 8
fols., viz. 15–19, 39, 41, 43, in Ch. xlvi. 0012. a. Fol. Nos.
on L. margin, obv.
Obv. of first fol. covered with disorderly scrawls in Cursive
Gupta chars., among which occurs the title Vajracchedikā
Prajñā-pāramitā; in L. lower corner, ink impression of
oblong seal. In centre of rev. of first fol. large fig. of sitting
Buddha in outline, within two concentric circles; and L.
upper corner, an ornamental, coloured, small circle or wheel.
On rev. of 3rd fol., facing and l. of writing, the same circle
or wheel, indicating end of Introduction and beginning of
sacred text. On obv. of 42nd fol., in centre, two large con-
centric circles with blank interior space, intended for fig. of
Buddha, but left vacant. On rev. of last (44th) fol., in centre,
a similar large circle, enclosing fully drawn fig. of sitting
Buddha; also in L. lower corner, small ornamental circle (as
on 1st fol.) enclosing small fig. of sitting Buddha.
Contents: Text of Vajracchedikā, with introduction and
conclusion in verse; ed. by Prof. Sten Konow in Vol. i of
MS. Remains of Buddhist Literature.
No. 26, Hoernle Reg. 10⅛" x 2⅞". Pl. CXLIX.

Ch. 00276. Pōthi; in Upright Gupta, containing mere
series of salutations to Bodhisattvas. Incomplete, on coarse
thick paper; somewhat soiled by water; 2 ll. of large, black
ink writing on page. No guiding lines, nor interior small circle.
On L. side, broad margin, c. 1⅜" wide, orn. with pair of
finely drawn figs. of Buddha, sitting on siṃhāsana, on both
obv. and rev. of fols. 3, 4, 9, but left blank on fols. 11, 12,
14. On fol. 18, L. margin is the ordinary one of ⅜" with fol.
No. On fol. 3, rev., and fol. 14 obv., there are floral designs
between the two ll. Total No. of surviving fols., 7; viz. Nos.
3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18; missing: Nos. 1–2, 5–8, 10, 13,

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