80 THE VISIT OV THK S^'©^^'" ^^ ^^^ first, notice is taken of the meaning of the characters, as phonetically the two terms " rGyamt'so " and " rGyal-mt'san " may approach each other, but they widely differ in their meaning, (rGya-mt'80=the ocean, rGyal-mt'san^the victorious banner.) The different way of transcribing the same names plainly gives evidence of the fact that the records of the JESPmR ^i"6 only compilations of historical memoranda, which had been gathered at different times by different persons, and it also shows how difficult it can be to identify foreign names, particularly if these are not at all or not entirely known from other reliable sources. (5.) — The next Pan-ch'an Lama's name is "bLo-bzan ye- shS dpal hzan-po " or with all attributes "Panch'en T'ams-cad mk'yen-pa bBlo-bzan ye-sh'fes dpal-bzanpo," as mentioned by jjJigs-med nam-rak'a. '* The Sanskrit transcription is given by Griinwedel " Sumatijn^na-gribhadra," which when tran- scribing his full name ought 'to be preceded by the usual "Mahapandita sarvajna." " Ye-sh<6s "=knowledge, etc. Mong, "balgabilik," Skt. "jMna." There are equally two Chinese transliterations ^^j^^^^^ and ^[*^ ^"fY- ^^^ other transliterations, I refer to the J^^JT^ ^p). Vide also my remarks on the 6th Dalai Lama. (6). — The following Lama, terminating this list, is "bLo-bzan dpal-ldan ye-sh'6s. His full name is Pan-ch'an Ta'ms cad mk'yen ^zigs c'en-po rJe btsun bBlobzan dpal-ldan
. — Vide in Htith's op. id. p. 283 (and passim).
