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Béla KELÉNYI: „...May They Here Increase! May All Gather Together!" A Woodprint and its Inscriptions from the Mongolian Collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, Budapest

NOTES 1 For explanations of the origins of the name rlung rta (or klung rta) see Stein 1972, pp. 223-224; Namkhai 1997, pp. 68-69; and Karmay 1998c, pp. 413-415. For comparisons see Waddel 1985, pp. 408-412 2 For this see Namkhai Norbu 1997, pp. 181-186; 192-193 I See Beer 1999, p. 60 and also Lopez, Jr., S. D. "A Prayer Flag for Tara". In: Lopez, Jr., D. L. (ed.): Religions of Tibet in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997, pp.548-552 4 Inv. no.: 76.57. Measurements: 109 x 57 cm. Purchased from András Gyebnár, at that time a master-driller with Hungary's Water Prospecting and Drilling Company; inv. no 70.18. 109 x 54 cm. Purchased from Oszkár Jahl, an engineer then employed in the construction of the Biokombinat concern at Songino. 5 Karmay 1998b, p. 254 6

Nebesky 1956, p. 333 7 Karmay 1998b, p. 255; for their origin see Karmay 1998c, p. 418 8 Cornu 1997, pp. 87-88 9 See Bawden, C. R.: "Mongolian 'Wind-horse' Offerings". In: Indo-Tibetan Studies (ed. Skorupski, T.). Tring: The Institute of Buddhist Studies, 1990, pp. 29-36 10 kye hla ma yi dam dkon mchog gsum II rgyud sde bzhi yi lha tshogs dang II thub dbang rigs gsum mgon po dang II mkha ' gro chos bsrung Tshangs pa dkar II nam mkha' i bar snang sa gzhi la II dbang ba'i rlung rta lha tshogs dang II khyod par Kong rtse byang chub sems II drang srong 'bum phrag 'khor dang bcas II shing stag me sbrul Icags spre'u dang II chu phag rlung rta lha bzhi dang II rta dang stag seng 'khyung 'brug bzhi II sky es lha dgra lha pho lha dang II yul lha rgyal po che ge mo II 'go ba'i lha bsrungs gzhi bdag mams II tshe tabs sngon nas tshe 'di bar II than cig 'brel bar 'grogs byed pa'i II 'byung po mima yin pa'i tshogs II rang rang so so'i gnas mchog nas II brtse ba'i thugs rje chen po yis II thogs pa med par gshegs su gsol II BS ANGSGSOL, 2a4-3a3 II For the myth see Kelényi 2002 12 See also Gordon, A. K.: Tibetan Religious Art. New York, 1952, p. 27. The picture is still made in exactly the same way. The inscription on the reverse side of a version reproduced on a card in Nepal gives the name also: "Sidpaho, the all-powerful circle" (srid pa ho I kun thub 'khor lo I). 13 rLung rta stobs Idan yar bskyed. Detail to be found in BSKYEDBSANGS, 4b5-7al 14 Karmay quotes a manuscript in his possession the texts of which are similar. See Karmay 1998b, pp. 255-256 15 The texts attribute to each wind-horse deity a quality probably belonging to it (or, possibly, one to be acquired by it). lb dbus kyi phyogs na gnas pa'i lha I rlung rta dar ba'i dgra lha ni I rta mchog rgyal po Bha la ha I myur mgyogs che ba' i dgra lha bsnags I bdag gi rlung rta dar bar mdzod I rgud pa'i rlung rta bskyed du gsol I GSERSKYEMS, pp. 4—5. According to the afterword of the text (p. 10), the parts quoted come from the text entitled rLung rta sde bzhi bsangs by the 2

nd Peking ICan skya Qutugtu, Lalitavajra (1717-1786) which spread in Mongolia in a separate manuscript. (Private collection, Budapest. Folio 3) 17 kye rdzu 'phrul shugs Idan rlung Itar mgyogs II rna ba gnyis kyi rtse mo rno II sna bu gnyis las na bun thul II mig gnyispa ying nyi zla Itar II rta skad 'tsher ba tser tser sgrog II ze rngog rnga maphang phung 'thug II rgyab sgal mnyam ni khri gdan bzhin II rmig bzhi Icags las sra zhing 'thas II sha rgyas spu mdog mdzes sdug can II khrus shing bsang bas dag by as la II sngags bris byang bu'i bem po dang II stag gzig ras dang dar sna brgyan II TSHETHAR, 2a4-2bl lg shar gyi phyogs na gnas pa'i lha I rlung rta dar ba'i dgra lha ni I dung seng g-yu yi ral pa can I GSERSKYEM, p. 5. 19 Iho yi phyogs na gnas pa'i lha I rlung rta dar ba'i dgra lha ni I g-yu 'brug rangs kyi ze ba can I GSERSKYEM, p. 5. 20 According to the BSEKYEDBSANGS this should read rgya stag khra bo. 21 nub kyi phyogs na gnas pa'i lha I rlung rta dar ba'i dgra lha ni I rgya stag mtshal gyi thig le can I GSERSKYEM, p. 6. 22 byang gi phyogs na gnas pa'i lha I rlung rta dar ba'i dgra lha ni I khyung chen nor bu'i thor gtsug can I GSERSKYEM, p. 6 23 Inv. no.: 73.36.1 24 he he stag seng 'khyung 'brug 'dir yar bskyed kun 'dus sarba 'du 'du ho I zhes hya ba'i srog lus dbang thang rlung rta stobs nus rgud pa bzhud pa spel cig I khyad par stobs bskyed las pha rol mi mthun pa'i phyogs thams cad zil gyis gnon cig I lha rgyal lha rgyal lo II 'khor dang bcas pa'i tshe dang bsod nams dpa! 'byor snyan grags mnga' thang 'phel zhing rgyas pa dang I bsam pa'i don y id bzhin du bgrub par mdzad du gsol I 25 See Karmay 1998a, p. 171; Namkhai Norbu 1997, p. 152. In bon mythology he features as a Chinese sage; his legend can be found in Chapter 13 of the gZer myig. See Namkhai Norbu 1997, p. 151; in the depictions a turban can be seen on his head, referring to the origins of bon. 26 Lessing, F. D.: Bodhisattva Confucius. In: Lessing, F. D.: Ritual and Symbol. Collected Essays on Lamaism and Chinese Symbolism. Taipei, 1976, pp. 91-94. For depictions of him see Kelényi 1999, pp. 18-19 27 Here the LT text differs from the PC text in a number of places. For example, line 2 in the PC version reads Kong rtse 'Phrul gyi rgyal po yis II 28 For the myth of the Tortoise in Tibetan astrology see Kelényi 2002 29 Tucci 1949, p. 723 30 For the magic squares see Hummel, S.: "The sMe-badgu, the Magic Square of the Tibetans". East and West, 1969, Vol. 19, pp. 139-146 31 For this see MANNGAK, p. 4 32 See the order in MANNGAK. p. 15. The inscriptions on the PC woodcut are different in every case. 33 Gerasimova 1999, p. 121-122; for depictions of them see Kelényi 1999, p. 23