26 Annual Beport. [Feb. 



SansTcrit Series. 



Of the Sanskrit series fourteen fasciculi have been published during the 

 year under report. These comj)rise portions of seven different works. The 

 only work comj^leted is a translation of the Sahitya Darpana, a treatise on 

 rhetoric which is held in high esteem by the Pandits of Bengal, and comprises 

 a very full summary of all the leading works on the subject. It was origi- 

 nally undertaken by the late Dr. Ballantyne, and about one hundred and 

 sixty pages were passed through the press by him. On his retirement to 

 Europe the work was left in abeyance for some time. The Council has 

 every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which the present editor, 

 Babu Pramadadasa Mitra, has completed the work. 



Reference was made in the last report to the materials collected by 

 Babu Eajendralala Mitra for an edition of the Aitareya Brahmana of the 

 Rig Veda. The work has since been sent to press, and two fasciculi have 

 already been published. The Babu has also published two more fasciculi of 

 his edition of the Agni Purana, which, it is exj^ected, will be completed in 

 course of the current year. 



The necessity of printing the text of the Sama Veda Sanhita with all the 

 prosodial and musical notes which occur in the different ganas, entails much 

 tedious labour, both on the editor and the printer, and having due regard to 

 accui'acy of printing, the work cannot be pushed on as rapidly as could be 

 wished ; but the progress hitherto made has been steady and satisfactory. 

 Four f asciciili were issued during the past year, and altogether one half of 

 the work has been completed. 



Among the many commentaries extant on S'ankara's exposition of the 

 Vedanta Aphorisms of Vyasa, the Bhdmati of Vachaspati Misra is held in 

 great esteem by Indian scholars, and an edition of this work has been under- 

 taken by Pandit Bala S'astrl, Professor of Hindu Law at the Benares Col- 

 lege, and. the first fasciculus, comprising about one-fifth of the work, has 

 lately been printed. The materials available for the work are ample, and 

 under the able superintendence of the learned professor, they will be, the 

 Council expect, most satisfactorily utilised. 



Professor Eggeling's edition of the old Sanskrit Grammar, the Katan- 

 tra, the publication of the first two fasciculi of which was referred to in the 

 last report, has advanced by two more fasciculi. It is expected the work 

 will be completed in course of the current year. 



MSS. of the first part Hemadri's digest of Hindu civil and canonical 

 law not being at the time accessible, the Comacil sanctioned the publication 

 of the second part, and on the completion of it the editor, Professor Bhara- 

 tachandra S'iromani has been engaged in carrying the third part through the 

 press, and three fasciculi of it have already been issued. 



