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Excursus : Books about Pali books. — It is well to notice here a 

 few books which treat of the titles and authors of Pali books. — First, 

 the Book-history or History of the books or Gandha-varjsa. The text 

 was edited by Ivan P. Minayeff in the JPTS. for 1886, pages 54-80, 

 and reprinted in his Recherches sur le Bouddhisrne (Annales du Musde 

 Guiinet), 1894, pages 235-263. In this connection Mrs. Bode's ex- 

 tremely useful Index to the Gnvrj., JPTS. 1896, pages 53-86, should 

 not be overlooked. — The text of the Saddhamma-saqgaha was edited 

 by a Cingalese in JPTS. for 1890, pages 21-90. —In 1892 Professor 

 James Gray of Rangoon College published his Buddhaghos-uppatti or the 

 historical romance of the rise and career of Buddhaghosa (London, Luzac 

 & Co.). — The text of the Sasana-varjsa, a modern work by Panfia-saml, 

 A. D. 1861, was edited for the Pali Text Society by Mrs. Bode, 1897. — 

 In the Journal of the German Oriental Society for 1897, li. 105-127, 

 Edmund Hardy published a paper on Dhammapala. — All these works 

 are of use in this connection and are cited by the following designa- 

 tions : Gnvrj. (thus, when the original ed. is meant, JPTS. 1886) ; 

 Bode's Index ; Minayeff, Recherches ; Sdhs. ; Gray ; Savrj. ; Hardy. 



The fanciful titles: confusions and uncertainties. — It is neces- 

 sary to show the results that have come from the use of these titles, 

 and that are to be expected from the continuance of this most repre- 

 hensible practice. We will take the numbers in their order. 



No. 1, D.cin. This is designated oftenest as Sum., but in List 8 as 

 Sv., which means Sutta-vibhanga in List 12. Parts of it are desig- 

 nated in List 1 as Br. J. S. A., Par. S. A., and Sam. S. A. : as to this, 

 cp. page 678. 



No. 2, M.cm. This has the euphonious designation "Pap." in Lists 

 2 and 5, and the biblical designation Ps. (suggesting Psalm) in List 8. 

 But Ps. means Patisambhida-magga in List 2, and so does PS. in List 5. 



No. 3, S.cm. This is Sar. Pak. in List 5, Sar. being needed to dis- 

 tinguish it from Sad. Pak., no. 16. 



No. 4, A.cm. This is Man. in Lists 5 and 10 ; but in List 8 it is 

 Mp., which means Milinda-panha in List 12, and Mahaparinibbana- 

 sutta in List 8. 



No's 5 and 9, Kh.cm. and Sn.cm. In Lists 2 and 5 these are desig- 

 nated as Par. Jot., the addition of Jot. being needed because we have 

 Par. Dip. (no. 7) ; and in List 8 they are designated as Pj. But even 

 if we use the cumbrous Par. Jot., it is impossible to know whether no. 

 5 or no. 9 is intended. 



No. 6, Dh.cm. This is Dhp.C. in List 2 ; Dhp.A., in Lists 4 and 10 ; 

 and Dhp.Com. in the PTS. ed. of D.cm. 



No's 7-8, 10-13, Ud.cm., Item., Vv. cm., Pv.cm., Th.l.cm., Th.2.cm. 



