Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.
Catalogue
52 12. Che 'pho-ba Ji-ltar bstan-pa'i mdo "A sutra describing what happens after death." Pothi, Tibetan paper (6 cm x 36 cm), MS (dbu-ían), ff. 1-28, 4 lines. Title on the title-page: rgyal-ba Bka'-'gyur rin-po-che-las khol-du phyun-ba, Che 'pho-ba Ji-ltar bstan-pa'i mdo. Begins (l v): rgya-gar skad-du | ä-yu-bad-ti ya-thä-kä-ro pa-ripríccha sü-tra i bod skad-du | che 'pho-ba Ji-ltar 'gyur-ba 2us-pa'i mdo | Ends (28 v): 'chi 'pho-ba Ji-ltar 'gyur-pa bstan-pa'i mdo rjogs-so | The Tibetan translation of Ayuspatti-yathäkära-pariprccha-sütra. The colophon does not mention its author or translator. It is to be found in Tanjur (Mdo-sde, sna-chogs, vol. 28). In this sutra King Zas-gcan-ma puts questions to his son, Buddha as to whether the creatures of the six spheres of existence are reborn into the same spheres or not after their deaths. Cf. Suzuki No. 974.
