I. 52; Rennie's Peking, II. 244;
Ann. de la Pr. de la F. XXIX. 353, XXI. 298; Hayton in Ram. ch.
xvii.; Per. Quat. p. 116; M. Paris, sub. 1243; Mel. Asiat. Acad. St.
Petersb. II. 659; Canale in Arch. Stor. Ital. VIII.; Bergm. Nomad.
Streifereien, I. 14; Carpini, 638; D'Ohsson, II. 30, 43, 52;
Wilson's Ever Victorious Army, 74; Shaw, p. 48; Abdallatif, p. 363
seqq.; Weber, II. 135; Littre, H. de la Langue Franc. I. 191; Gesta
Tancredi in Thes. Nov. Anecd. III. 172.)
NOTE 10. - Bakhshi is generally believed to be a corruption of Bhikshu,
the proper Sanscrit term for a religious mendicant, and in particular for
the Buddhist devotees of that character. Bakhshi was probably applied to
a class only of the Lamas, but among the Turks and Persians it became a
generic name for them all. In this sense it is habitually used by
Rashiduddin, and thus also in the Ain Akbari: "The learned among the
Persians and Arabians call the priests of this (Buddhist) religion
Bukshee, and in Tibbet they are styled Lamas."
According to Pallas the word among the modern Mongols is used in the sense
of Teacher, and is applied to the oldest and most learned priest of a
community, who is the local ecclesiastical chief.
