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5. The Bhadra-kalpika-sutra, one of the chief sacred 

 texts of Northern Buddhism. FoL 



6. Nineteen miscellaneous manuscripts treating of the 

 ritual and religious doctrine of various Tibetan sects. 



7. A record of the foundation of the monastery of Urgyan 

 gling. 



8. rGyal rabs, a standard history of the kings of Tibet. 



9. The Kalapa-vyakarana, i.e., the Ka-tantra, a well- 

 known series of aphorisms on Sanskrit grammar, with a 

 commentary, in Tibetan. 10 pts. Fol. 



10. Three sets of musical scores for ritual chanting. 



Tibetan Printed Books. — 1. The Tanjur (bsTan-'gyur), the 

 second great section of the Tibetan Canon, in 214 volumes. 

 Fol. 



2. About 200 miscellaneous volumes and tracts, chiefly 

 treating of the religious doctrine and practice of the various 

 sects of Tibet, and especially of the dGe-lugs-pa school. 



The above Tibetan collections were presented by the 

 Government of India in 1905. 



Turkish MSS.—l. Ottoman Annals. a.h. 1203-1206 

 (a.d. 1788-1792). A full court chronicle, without author's 

 name. XVIIIth cent, (before a.h. 1229, a.d. 1814). 8". 



2. Tarikh i TamashvarT, a history of Turkey from A.H. 

 1094 to 1157 (A.D. 1683-1744), by Ibrahim Na'Tm al-Din 

 Tamashvari. Composed in a.h. 1178 (a.d. 1764). XVIIIth 

 cent. 8°. 



3. Vard i mutarra, lives of Grand Viziers of Turkey from 

 Raghib Muhammad Pasha to Yusuf iya Pasha (a.h. 1171- 

 1217). Composed in a.h. 1217 (a.d. 1803) by Ahmad Javid 

 Bey, Early XlXth cent, (before A.D. 1822). 8°. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



