316 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 19165. 
of a manuscript in the Deccan College, Poona. I have selected 
the name first given, because the work is named so by both 
Vacaspati Misra (in the krtya-cintamant), and by Raghunandana 
(in the Daya, Vyavahara, and Divya Tattvas) ; and because it 
and by Visvaripa.' 
rinted text appears defective at places, and has been 
therefore checked and revised for the purposes of this article 
by collation with the Deccan College MS. No. 278 of 1887-91.’ 
The work describes the procedure to be followed in court 
and the nature of evidence to be 
dduced there. Beginning with an in- 
troduction, the Vyavahara-mukham, it divides the main busi- 
lts Contents. 
side; (4) and lastly the nirnaya-pada, or the decision and order 
of the Court. In the third part under the subhead pramaya 
1 See the Mitakeara, under the Y ajnavalkya-samhita II. 8:— 
sfa aaercHeat wi qeazerciehfaal waercH|esT TILT 
fayraryat afaq aaercfawe afefaad enfaquie =": and for 
Visvaripa, see pp. 225-2 F ae ¢ Mr. 8. 5: 
Setlay (1912). pp. 225-268 of the Bombay printed edition © 
ane This MS. may be briefly described as follows :—Country-made 
whitish paper, 9}”x4}”. Folios 55, the last two torn @ little on 
er and side causing a loss of several words. Lines 10 to ll peor Gs 
A ters Devanagri, small but legible, copied probably by a Benge” 
gures in Bengali characters appear in the right-hand lower corners 
some pages. The MS. was copied in W&TaQT %<¢2 ll ° | er a 
Wass veal frat qwarat PCHIZe aatafeaa fatex(4) 
aeraaias WUT... Waq wer Saka 1663. Sarnvat 1798 
or 1741 a.p. : 
1 
The MS. supplies numerous variant readings, and makes sev" 
additions to the printed text. For example, Pa ide six lines after the 
RITA 21); 
barca (p. 283, 1. 5), about a line after waa Ia (p- 291, |. ) 
44 lines after watynifaa (p. 292, 1. 1), 14 lines after ITAatta (P- 
|. 10), 2 lines af he 
1. 35), and 8 #9 Sea (p. 297, 1 18), 14 lines after want 
, 
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