February, 1909.] Annual Report. XXxiii 
was with great difficulty and search that a copy of Chaturviin- 
satimatam, a smriti work often quoted, has been acquired. 
Savara’s Mimamsa-Bhasya was commented upon by Kuma- 
rila in sloka and also in prose. The sloka portion extends to 
the first Pada of the first chapter. Visvesvara Bhatta, nick- 
named Gagh Bhatta on account of his bellowing voice, continued 
the sloka commentary to the end of the work and entitled it 
Sivarkodaya, a MS. of which has been acquired in the year 
under review. 
valkya-Samhita, a smriti work, has been acquired. A MS. of 
containing a commentary on it. A Sanskrit poem on the 
glorification of the family in which Muhummad was barn, 
entitled Kuresa Vijoya Kavya, has been acquired. 
Many of the Nepalese MSS. described in the last year’s 
report and ordered for copying were received. 
e number of MSS. collected up to the 31st December, 
1908, is 8,328. About 200 MSS. are under examination for 
purchase. 
Arabic and Persian Search Fund, 
have much pleasure in announcing that the Govern- 
ment of India have been graciously pleased to make a further 
grant of Rs. 5,000 per annum for five years for the continuation 
of the search for and cataloguing of Arabic and Persian MSS. 
Search for Bardic Chronicles. 
It was satisfactory to note in the report for last year, that 
Some progress had been made in the Search for Bardie Chronicles. 
During the year Major Baldock resigned his office and Maha- 
mahopadhya Sudhakara Dvivedi of the Benares Sanskrit College 
was appointed to supervise and direct this Collection of MSS. 
No further progress has been reported. 
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