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ments of larger treatises. Must of these have been purchased, a few being 

 copied to my order. 



Most of these are new to the Asiatic Society's collection, and are gener- 

 ally old and correct. Several of them are very scarce. A good many 

 relate to the rites and ceremonies of the Vedas. Though small and not of 

 much worth as literary compositions, these last will be found of great value 

 to scholars engaged in the study of the Vedas, as they help materially to 

 illucidate all obscure passages relating to the Vedic ritual. A few are worth- 

 less having been taken oidy because they happened to be parts of collections 

 which the owners would not break up. The names of the works are given 

 in the Appendix. As they have been, or will be, fully described in my No- 

 tices, I refrain from giving a detailed account of them here. 



Hare MSS. — 27. Among the MSS. that I have seen or purchased 

 there are, however, some which require special mention here. Following the 

 order of the classification above given, the first work I have to notice is the 

 Aitareya A'ranyaka of the Rig Veda. Good MSS. of this work are not ac- 

 cessible in Europe, and about eighteen months ago Professor Mas M tiller 

 called my attention to it, and suggested the propriety of collecting materials 

 for an edition of it for the Bibliotheca Indica. I have since found five old 

 MSS. of it with the commentary of Sayan a, and a carefully collated text of 

 this work has been prepared for the Press. At the time named, Professor 

 Max Miiller also directed my attention to the Briliaddevata of Saunaka, of 

 which also good MSS. are not available in Europe. I have seen six codices 

 of this work, four of them very old and correct, and belonging to two different 

 recensions. These have all been collated, and an eclectic copy prepared for 

 the Press. 



The next work I have to notice is the Kalpa Sutra of A'pastamba. 

 The only complete copy of this treatise I have heard of belongs to Mr. 

 Eurnell of Mangalore. During my recent tour in the North West, I found 

 several fragments of it. These have all been purchased, and they make up 

 a little over two-thirds of the work. — (22 out of 28 chapters.) I have also 

 found a fragment of Dhurta's commentary on it, and Kausikarama's gloss 

 on the exegesis of Dhurta. 



Among Vaidika works I should also mention some short treatises on 

 Vedic Phonetics which I have met with. These include (1) the Paniniya 

 S'iksha ; (2) the Lomas'i S'iksha ; (3) the Katyayana S'iksha ; (4) the 

 Amoghanandini S'iksha ; (5) Kaus'iki S'iksha ; (6) Manduka S'iksha; (7) 

 Naradiya Siksha ; (8) Parasara S'iksha ; (9) Kes'avi S'iksha, and (10) the 

 S'ikshd-vivarana. Seven of these have not yet been noticed by European 

 orientalists. 



