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Besides the copy of the Mahabharata above referred to, 

 several Samhitas of the Siva Purana have been acquired, such 

 as Rudra Samhita, Bhauma Samhita, Vayaviya Samhita, Koti- 

 rudra Samhita, and so on. Several nighantus, too, have been 

 acquired, such as Rajanighantu, Sarvanighantanukramanika, 

 Madana Vinodanighantu, Bhavaprakasanighantu, Nama-Ratna- 

 karanighantu, Garianighantu and Amarakosanighantu. 



The Harikrsna- Collection is specially rich in manuscripts of 

 Upanisad literature. Ql the Vrhadaranyaka, it contains com- 

 mentaries by Nilakantha and by Nityanandasrama. It is a 

 well-known fact that the Vrhadaranyaka commented upon by 

 Sahkaracarya belongs to the Kanvasakha of the White Yajur- 

 veda. But this collection has vrtti commentaries by Nila- 

 kantha, Dviveda Ganga and by Vasudeva-Brahma Bhagavan on 

 the Vrhadaranyaka of the Madhyandina-sakha of the White 

 Yajurveda. There are several Upanisads in this collection, 

 commented upon by Damodara Sastrl, a name unknown to 

 Aufrecht. The commentary on the Prasna Bhasya by Narayan- 

 endra, and Svetasvataropanisadvivarana by Jnanottama appear 

 to be altogether new. In the Bundle containing Nyaya works, 

 there are many rare and valuable w r orks, of which Nyaya Kau- 

 tuka and Nyaya-siddhanta-samgraha seem to be unknown to 

 Aufrecht. Of the Vedanta works, Vedanta-Parijata by Sada- 

 nanda with a commentary entitled Vedanta-Parijata-Manjari by 

 the author himself is not in Aufrecht, but unfortunately the 

 MS. is incomplete. Aufrecht says in Vol. I that the name 

 Vedanta- Vibhavan a belong to two works, one by Narayana 

 Yati, and the other by Narayanacarya, But he corrects the 

 statement in Vol. II by saying that the work and the com- 

 mentary are both by Narayanatirtha. For the statement in 

 the first volume his authoritv is Keilhorn's list, and for that 

 in the second the catalogue of Ulwar manuscripts. The MS. 

 No. 8562 of our collection says that the text is by Narayana 

 Yati, and the commentary is by Narayanatirtha. But these 

 appear to be one and the same person, as both are disciples of 

 Rama Govinda and students of Vasudeva. Of the Purvamf- 

 mamsa, there is a manuscript of a new commentary on the 

 Sutras by Ramesvara in this collection. Samkhya-krama- 

 Dlpika purports to be the instructions imparted by Kapila to a 

 Brahmana, and according to one manuscript to Asuri. It is 

 written in the form of the most ancient stage of Sutra liter- 

 ature. The twenty- five KapHa Sutras are imbedded in it. Two 

 manuscripts were known to Dr. Rajendra Lala Mittra, a third 

 correctly and beautifully written has been acquired for the 

 Government. In the Samkhya tradition, Kapila comes as the 

 first historical teacher, Asuri the second, Bodhu third, and Pan- 

 casikha fourth. Pancasikha is mentioned in the Santiparva of 

 the Mahabharata. Bodhu or Bodhu is known from Chinese 

 sources. But Asuri is not mentioned in the Mahabharata at 



