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The Gradualist chapter of the bSam gtan mig sgron (SMG), ascribed to gNubs chen Sans rgyas ye ses, cites from the Svapnanirdesa (Svap), a part of the Ratnakuta, 108 dreams indicating progress in spiritual practice. They are annotated with exceptionally long interlinear commentaries. Among them, two dreams of the Svap seem to be missing, while two unkown ones are apparently added.
Comparing the citation with the Svap itself, this article describes the characteristics of the interlinear commentaries and the text corruptions of the SMG, which are often difficult to ascertain because the text is only available in a single edition.
The Svap first enumerates 108 dreams and later explains them in detail. The SMG quotes the enumeration part, while the interlinear commentaries explain the dreams by quoting the explanation part of the Svap. But since the two added dreams of the SMG are separately found in the explanation part of the Svap together with two other dreams, they may be considered to have originally belonged to the interlinear commentaries.
The interlinear commentaries are often so simplified that it is difficult to understand them without their sources. The sources, however, remain unknown for most other parts of the Gradualist chapter. Further research is, therefore, required.
