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commentary by Ramanuja Dasa, a disciple of Badhula Srinivasa. It is 

 the standard work of a very large and influential section of the Hindus 

 in Madras. Pandit . Sesadri Ayer, the late personal assistant to the 

 Director of Public Instruction, Madras, was entrusted with the edition of 

 the Text with the Commentary. On his death, however, the editorship 

 was transferred to the then Hon'ble P. Ananda Carlu, Yisarada, Ray 

 Bahadur, member of the Imperial Council for Madras. One fasciculus 

 only of this work came out during the year under review but a good 

 many sheets have since then been printed. 



5. Tattvarthadhigamasutra is a Jaina work professing to be a 

 part of the teachings of Bardhamana, the founder of the sect. It 

 was put in the sutra form by the great Jaina teacher Umasvati-vacaka 

 with a commentary of his own, Umasvati is revered both by the Svetam- 

 baras and Digambaras and is said to have flourished before the 

 Christian era. The edition of the work has been entrusted to a 

 young Jaina scholar of Ahmedabad, Mody Kesavalal Premcand, a 

 B.A. of the Bombay University. His work has been placed under 

 the supervision of Professor Dr. Hermann Jacobi of the University of 

 Bonn. 



6. Nityacarapradipa by Narasimha Vajapeyi is to be differentiated 

 from the Nityacarapaddhati by Vidyakara Vajapeyi which has just 

 been finished in this series. One appears to be a supplement to the other, 

 and both these form the standard compilation in Orissa on Smrti. The 

 edition has been entrusted to Pandit Vinoda Vihari Kavyatirtha who 

 has just completed the other work. 



7. Tantravartika in Prose is a commentary on the Savarabhasya on 

 the Mimamsa Sutras from chapter I, pada II, to chapter III, pada^IY, by 

 Kumarila Bhatta, the great predecessor of Saijkara, and the great reor- 

 ganiser of modern Brahmanic society throughout India. He flourished in 

 the beginning of the eighth century, and commented on the Savarabhasya. 

 The first part of his commentary, i,e,, on Chapter I, pada I, is written in 

 verse and is called Sloka-Vartika. The second part in prose up to 

 Chapter III, pada IV, is called the Tantra-Vartika. The commentary on 

 the rest is called the Tuptika. Babu Gaijganath Jha, Professor of 

 Sanskrit in the Muir Central College, Allahabad, was entrusted with 

 the English translation of the first part, the Sloka-Vartika, after making 

 a creditable advance in that work, he applied for permission to translate 

 the Tantra-Vartika which was gladly accorded. He has bought out 

 one Fasciculus of the second work. 



The descriptive catalogue of the works that have come to a close. 

 (1) Varsa Kriya Kaumudi by Govindananda Kavikaijkanacaryya 

 came to a close during the year under review. This is the first volume 



