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to be utilized with the collection of old coins at the Museum, and the 

 coins lent should be permanently marked for future identification with 

 the letters A.S.B. with which other objects lent by the Society have 

 been marked so as to be distinguishable, and when that has been done 

 the coins should be merged for purposes of classification and exhibition 

 with the Museum coins. 



Bibliotheea Indica. 



The Bibliotheea publication showed, during the year under review 

 rather unusual activity. Thirty-five fasciculi were published, of which 

 three were in the Arabic- Persian series, thirty-two in Sanskrit 

 and none in Tibetan series. Twenty-three works were under publi- 

 cation. Of the thirty-two Sanskrit fasciculi, three related to Sanskrit 

 grammar, five to Hindu Philosophy, three to the Vedas, one to the 

 Kalpasutras, fifteen to the Sanskrit law and ritual, one to Purana, 

 two to Buddhist Philosophy and two to Jaina Sanskrit. The three 

 fasciculi in the Arabic Persian series are all English translations 

 of historical works in Persian. Of the thirty-two Sanskrit fasciculi 

 three only are English translations, one of a Purana and two of a 

 very difficult philosophical work, the rest, editions of Sanskrit works. 



The cost of printing those fasciculi amounted to Rs. 4,416-10-0. 

 The editing fees amounted to Rs. 4,748-8-0, giving an average of 

 Rs. 262-0-0 per fasiciculus. Seven new works were undertaken during 

 the course of the year, 



1-2. The DanakriyaKaumudi Ease 1-2 and Sraddhakriya Kaumudi 

 Ease 1-3 are really continuations of the Yarsa Kriya Kaumudi or simply 

 Kriya kaumudi by the great complier of Smrti in Western Bengal 

 named Govindananda Kavikagkanacaryya, who flourished by the 

 middle of the sixteenth century and preceded Raghunandana by a 

 generation. The work of editing has been entrusted to a young Smrti 

 scholar of Bhatpara, Pandit Kamala Krsna Kavyatirtha who seems to 

 know his work well. 



3. Vidhana Parijata is a digest of civil and religions duties ac- 

 cording to the Hindu Sastras. It was complied in 1625 a.d. by Ananta 

 Bhatta, son of Naga Bhatta and grandson of Jahnu Bhatta at Benares 

 The family professed the Kauva Sakha of the White Yayur Veda. It has 

 five chapters called Stavakas dealing with Sraddha-Vyavathara and 

 Prayascitta. The publication of the work has been entrusted to Pandit 

 Taraprasanna Vidyaratna, one of the Professors of Sanskrit grammar in 

 the Sanskrit College, Calcutta. 



4. Satadusani is a work by Veijkatanatha, the founder of the Y 

 mark section of the Ramanuja sect in Southern India. It purports 

 to find one hundred objections to Sai)kara*s nondual theory, It has a 



