Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.

Catalogue

87 Rcis-kyi snon-'gro nor-'kho rnam-gsal; "Rig-lam sgo-'byed" "That which opens wide the gate of the way to science. Introduction to reckoning." Pothi, Tibetan paper (6 cm x 26.5 cm), MS (dbu-éan), ff. 1-17, 4 lines. Begins (l

v): Dpal-ldan dus-kyi 'khor-lo dan | gsun-gi dban-phyug 'Jam-pa'i dbyans ( dbyor-med bla-ma-la btud-nas | rcis-kyi snon-'gro nerbsdus brjod Versified compilation of seven-syllables. It has neither an introduction, nor a colophon, and its author is unknown. This summary, serving perhaps as a reminder, begins with the elements of arithmetic (multiplication tables), and following this it describes the whole of chronology in a nutshell: the duodecimal and sexagesimal cycles, the names of the months, etc. It can only be supposed that this syllabus was written by Csoma's teacher, Sans-rgyas phun-chogs.