________________ - 22 - :: 5. Various sadhanas; the sadhana for the eight great siddhis; reference to the Vedic sacrifice and the Vedanta philosophy; the secret doctrine; the six-fold Yoga (sadanga-yoga ); accumulation of merit through the gift etc; meditation characterised as the direct and indirect perception. The MSs used for the edition The same six MSs which had been used for the edition of the VP, Vol. I have been used for the present edition. In addition to them, one more MS. designated in this edition as Cha was subsequently obtained from the Oriental Institute, Baroda (Acc. No. 13218 ). As regards the Tibetan translation of the VP, the sDe dGe edition of the Tibetan bStan hGyur (Vol. 40, text No. 1347, Dharma Publishers, U.S. A., 1981 ) has been used, the details of which can be seen in the edition of the VP, Vol. I (p. xxxi.. We are thankful to the authorities of the libraries and institutions from which we have obtained the MS-material for the present edition. Thanks are also due to Shri Jitasen Negi, In-charge and Editor of tho Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary of this Institute, who made a hand-written copy of the MS- Ka during his visit to Nepal and kindly made it available to us; and to Shri Ponpa Dorje for offering assistance in the work of collation of the Tibetan version of the text. We sincerely hope that the present volume will be appreciated by the community of scholars and look forward to their comments and suggestions, Editors
