1898.] Obituary Notice. 175 



Ordinary Member of the Imperial Academy of Science iu Vienna, and 

 given the title of Hofrath. He was elected an Honorary Member of 

 our Society in 1896. 



His death occurred on the 8th April by a very deplorable accident. 

 He had started on a journey to Zurich to spend the blaster holidays with 

 his wife and son who were then living at that place. On his journey 

 he halted for a few days in Lindau, where he hired a small boat, a 

 so-called " nutshell," in which he went out alone to enjoy a moon light 

 night on the beautiful Lake of Constanze. But the waters of that 

 dangerous sea that had craved so many a victim before, proved dangerous 

 to him also. On the next day, the boat was seen driving on the sea 

 without its inmate, whose body still lies buried under the depth of the 

 water. It was not till much later that his family, who were looking 

 out anxiously for his arrival, came to know of that sad occurrence, 

 which had bereaved them of a beloved husband and father, and his 

 friends of one who was dear to them not only as a scholar who stood 

 foremost of all in Oriental learning, but also as a man of a truly noble 

 mind and great character. 



In an obituary note published in a German paper, the late 

 Professor has been rightly called the centre of all those learned 

 investigations that are at present directed towards elucidating the 

 ancient history and literature of India. There is hardly any one among 

 the living Sanskritists of Europe and America as well, as of India to 

 whom the late Professor was not known either by literary correspond- 

 ence, or personally, and scarcely any one has addressed him on any 

 question connected with this wide field of learning, who did not receive 

 from him an answer that not only improved upon his own knowledge of 

 the subject, but very often helped him essentially in seeing his way 

 through some difficult point in connection with his researches. In 

 India itself, it is especially the Bombay Presidency where tlie fruits of 

 his labours planted during the 18 years he served this country, are 

 still ripening. Witness to this is not only that excellent series of 

 Sanskrit Text publications, the Bombay Sanskrit Series, which was 

 begun and carried on under his own superintendence, in connection 

 with his colleague, Prof. Kielhorn, not only the work done in that 

 Presidency as well as in adjacent parts of India in connection with the 

 search for Sanskrit Manuscripts which was started by him also in 

 connection with Prof. Kielhorn, nay it may be fairly said that a good 

 deal of the increasing interest among Native scholars of that part 

 of the country for their ancient Literature and History is due to his 

 direct personal influence. 



His literary work was connected firstly with the ancient Law-books 



