194< R. M\iv;x—mndi 3ISS. from Jaipur. [Dec. 



torily read on it, it is of no importance ; not to advert to the fact of it 

 having been formerly a common practice with kings to change the legends 

 and inscriptions of their coins. 



Dr. Rajendralala Mitea next exhibited some Hindi MSS. which he 

 has lately obtained from Babu Brajanath Bandyopadhyaya of Jaypur. 



The first work he noticed was named Sarfardj -chandrihd. It is a putJii 

 of 92 folia, each 8x5 inches. It opens with a brief notice of Sarfaraj, 

 the hero, who is said to have been the 10th in descent from S'ankara Acharya, 

 the great Vedantist. It is stated that S'ankara had four sons : 1st, Totaka 

 Acharya, 2nd, Padma Acharya, 3rd, Udyama Acharya, 4th, Balagovinda ; and 

 the sons of these formed the ten founders of the Dasanami sect. One of them 

 was, (3) Omkara, and his descendants were successively, (4) Purushottama, 

 (5) Chandaka Giri, (6) Narayana Giri, (7) Dhyana Giri, (8) Rajendra Giri, 

 (9) Umrao Giri, (10) Sarfaraj. It was for the instruction of the last that 

 the work was composed by Devakinandana Kavi, son of one Bhavasagara, 

 a Kananji Brahman. Judging from its style the work cannot be older than 

 the 14th century. Its subject is mystic poetry, describing the amours of 

 Krishna and Radha. The codex is dated Samvat 1843, and is 90 years old. 



The second work shown was a genealogical table of the Rajas of Jay- 

 pur. Its first folium was wanting, and therefore it was not possible to 

 ascertain the name of the founder ; but there were altogether 238 names, 

 and, if the list be reliable, the founder must have lived in a remote period of 

 antiquity. The later names have dates attached to them, and a short chro- 

 nicle of the later kings is appended. The last folium is wanting, and 

 nothing can be said of the authenticity of the work. 



The third work has three names. On its cover it is called Kewat 

 Hdsd ; in the introduction, Anantardya Sdkhldki Vdratd, and in the colophon, 

 Anantardya SalchldJci vat. The word rdsd appears to be a generic term for 

 biography. It is used both for poetical and prose compositions, and occurs 

 under different forms. In the oldest MS. of Chand the form most com- 

 mon is Hdyasd, but in some later MSS. of that work Rasa is sometimes met 

 with. The better order of people at Benares invariably use the former ; 

 but in the Marhatta country the latter is preferred, the common term there 

 for this class of composition being Bdkhars. Rasa also prevails in Rajputa- 

 na, where its synonyms are Vildsa, Charitra, and PraMsa. The work under 

 notice was originally written in the ballad style by a family bard, or Bhatta, 

 of the hero, in Samvat 1347, but it was recast and a great deal of prose 

 introduced into the text in the Samvat year 1854 by a scribe. The hero is 

 Anantaraya, a petty prince of Kolapur Patau. He lived in the second half 

 of the 14th century, and his struggles against Muhammadan ascendancy 

 form the subject of the work. 



