February, 1907.] Annual Tteport, 



XIX 



The Council approved new rules for remunerating Editors and 

 Translators in the BibliotLeca Indica framed by the Philological 

 Committee. 



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Under Council order, the coj^yright of a number of Biblio- 

 theca Indica was registered. 



Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts. 



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A Catalogue of palm leaf and selected paper manuscripts, 

 belonging to the Durbar Library, Nepal, was publislied by 

 the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1905. In 1906, Sir Andrew 

 Fraser, as President of the Society, presented copies of the 

 work to the Nepal Durbar. The Durbar has responded to this 

 act of courtesy by sending a list of new collections in its 

 library. The Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal have 

 resolved to publish this list as an appendix to the 3rd 

 volume of the Notices of Sanskrit MSS. about to be issued. 

 The new collection at Nepal contains the names of some unique 

 MSS, An examination of tliis by an expert would be of great 

 value. During the year under review there has been printed, and 

 all but published, a volume of Notices of Sanskrit MSS. containinir 

 descriptions of 366 MSS examined, mostly in Benares and Behar. 

 Some very rare works of the Madhvya sect have been described, 

 but the most noticeable feature of the volume consists of the 

 notices of a large number of Jaina MSS, The number of MSS. 

 acquired during the year is 2Q, Of these the Muktav;ili Prakash, 

 a work on Nyaya, is unique. The Sudarsana Sataka is known 

 only by name. A lar^re portion of the Sabdannshasana Vritti, 

 by the Jaina Pandit Hemachandra of the 12th century, with some 

 of its subsidiary works, has been acquired. A medical work 

 entitled Bhishakchakrachittotsava known from Kashinath's list 

 has been purchased. The search for Sanskrit MSS. in Bengal is 

 being kept up with its former vigour. Professor Hillebrandt of 

 Breslau writing under date, 2nd December, 1906, congratulates 

 Shastri, who is in charge, on his successful work, 



A report on the sean^i of Sanskrit MSS for the years 1001 — 

 1902 to 1905—06 was submitted to the Government of Bengal, and, 

 in reply, the Government has sanctioned the continuance of the 

 annual grant of Rs. 3,200, in aid of the operation in search of 

 Sanskrit MSS. in Bengal, for a further period of five years from 

 18th Apiil 1906. 



Search for Arabic and Persian MSS. 



During the year under review, the search has been conducted 

 hj Dr. Ross, and many valuable additions Lave been made to 

 the collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts. The total 

 number of MSS. purchased for the Society was n])\vard8 of 400, 

 and the collection in representative of almost every branch of 

 literature. The most important feature of the recent ncquisition 

 is a collection of about 100 works dealing with the Imamite 



