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complete iu four parts treating of Perception, Inference, Analogy and 

 Tradition. The work was accompanied with the commentary of 

 Mathuranatha, which has the rare merit of really elucidating the text. 

 But as after the publication of the seventh fasciculus, the MSS. of the com- 

 mentary became almost unprocurable, Jayatirtha's commentary, entitled 

 A'lo7ca, was substituted for it. The ninth fasciculus brings the Pratya- 

 ksha-khanda, or the chapter on perception, to a close. The 10th goes on 

 with the chapter on Inference, the most important chapter in Hindu 

 Logic. Nos. 663, 682, Fasc. IX, X. Total two fasciculi. 



20. Tdlsi' Satsai', or Seven Hundred Verses by Tulsi Das, the 

 author of the Hindi Ramayana, edited by Pandit Bikarilal Chaube 

 under the supervision of Dr. Hoernle and Mr. Grrierson. This is a very 

 important work from a philological point of view, as it is one of the very 

 few works written in mediaaval Hindi. The work treats of Rama, and 

 each verse contains a separate riddle about him. Nos. 670, Fasc. I. 

 Total one fasciculus. 



21. Uvasagadasao, or the seventh Anga of the Jainas, on the rules 

 of conduct of Jain laymen. The Prakrita text is accompanied with the 

 Sanskrit commentary of Abhayadeva, an English translation by the 

 Editor, and copious notes for the purpose of elucidating technical terms 

 and obsolete Prakrit words. One more fasciculus, containing an index 

 of the prakrit words and an account of the MSS. used, will complete the 

 edition. No. 697, Fasc. V. Total one fasciculus. 



22. Varaha Purana, A System of Mythology and Tradition incul- 

 cating devotion to Vishnu, edited by Pandit Hrishi Kesha S'astri 

 Professor, Sanskrit College, Calcutta. Nos. 647, 654, 677, 694, Fasc. V, 

 VI, VI T, VIII. Total four fasciculi. 



23. Vayu Purana, A system of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, 

 said to have been uttered by Vayu, edited by Raja Rajendralala Mitra y 

 LL. D., C. I. E. The work has been completed this year. The editor 

 has given a preface in which he says that the work is often identified with 

 the S'iva Purana. No. 181, Vol. II, Fasc, VII. Total one fasciculus. 



24. Vrihannaradi'ya Purana, an TJpa or Minor Purana, A System 

 of Mythology and Tradition, edited by Pandit Hrisi Kesa S'astri. No, 

 685, Fasc. V. Total one fasciculi. 



C. Tibetan Series. 



25. Shek-Phtin, edited by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha, is a 

 Tibetan translation, word for word, of the Prajnaparamita of one hundred 

 thousand verses. It is a work on the transcendental philosophy of the 

 Nepalese Buddhists of the Mahayana School. Nos. 650, 701, Vol. I, 

 Fasc. I, II. Total two fasciculi. 



