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B. Sanskrit Series. • 



1. The Aitareya Brahmana is, next to the Rg Veda, the most 

 ancient Sanskrit work known, consequently it attracted the attention of 

 Oriental Scholars very early. Hang published an edition of the work 

 about 40 years ago. But he could not procure a commentary. Pandit 

 Satyavrata Samagrami was therefore requested to undertake an edition 

 with Sayana's commentary. He has published five fasciculi during 

 the year, Vol. I, Fascs. IV and V ; Vol. II, Fasc. I to III. 



2. Pandits Yoge^vara Smrtiratna and Kamakhyanatha Tarka- 

 vagiya completed the second part of the third volume of the Caturvarga- 

 Cintiimani. This brings the Pari9esa Khanda or Miscellaneous Volume 

 to an end. Vol. Ill, Part III, Fasc. X. 



3. The NyayakusumaSjali-prakarana has been completed by Maha- 

 mahopadhyaya Candrakanta Tarkalarjkara with a commentary and a 

 commentary on the commentary. The Editor in his preface makes an 

 attempt to fix the date of the great teachers of the Nyaya philosophy. 

 Vol. II, Fasc. III. 



4. Professor Dr. Alfred Hillebrand of Breslau has published 

 only one fasciculus, namely, Vol. II, Fasc. Ill of the (^rauta Sutra of 

 ^amkhayana. This volume gives the commentary of Anarttiya, son 

 of Varadatta. 



5. Since the transfer of the editoi'ship of the Taittiriya Sambita 

 by Mahamahopadhyaya Maheca Candra Nyayaratna to Pandit Satya- 

 vrata Sama9rami the work is progressing at the rate of one Fasci- 

 culus a year. The Fasciculus published last year is No. XXXVIII. 



7. The Tattva-cintamani also has advanced by one fasciculus only, 

 namely, Vol. V, Fasc. I. This is the first fasciculus of the last Khanda 

 or part dealing with the evidencial value of speech. 



8. The Madhyakhanda of the Vrhad-dharraa-purana has been 

 completed. In two more fasciculi the work will be concluded. Fasc. V. 

 was published during the year. 



9. The Svayambhu-purana has also advanced by one fasciculus 

 only, namely the fourth. 



C. Tibetan Series. 



1. The Sanskrit and Tibetan edition of the Kalpalata advanced 

 by two fasciculi, namely Vol. I, Fasc. V, and Vol. II Fasc. IV, under 

 the joint editorship of Ray fa-i'^t Candra Das, C.I.E., Bahadur, and 

 Pandit Harimohan Vidyabhusana. 



2. Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa has published one part of the 

 Sher Phyin, namely Vol. Ill, Fasc. I. As he omits all the pass- 

 ages which are often repeated, there is a prospect of the work coming 



