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Samavati in Buddhaghosa's Manorathapurani. I was unfor- 

 tunately not present when the paper was read. The Times 

 report of the Congress says that he discussed various Indian 

 parallels to the story which forms the principal incident in 

 one of Schiller's legends. Professors Ludwig, Kuhn, and 

 Leumann gave yet other instances of the clever way in which 

 the legends make the heroine save the life of her lover who 

 is himself carrying the letter which seems so innocent while it 

 is really his death-warrant. 

 Wednesday, 8tli September, Morning. 



After some remarks of Dr. Buehler on MSS. of the Jaiminiya 

 Gfhya-sutra, and frauta-sutra, which had been lately dis- 

 covered by Dr. Hultzsch, and which were now deposited at 

 Vienna, Dr. Waddell exhibited his fine collection of photo- 

 graphs of the newly excavated Grseco-Buddhist Sculptures 

 from the Swat valley (Udyana), and read a paper on the sub- 

 ject. After some discussion, it was resolved to draw up a 

 resolution urging upon the Government of India the importance 

 of carrying on its researches into the antiquities of India. This 

 resolution was drafted by a small sub-committee, and was 

 passed at the next day's meeting. It will be recorded in due 

 course. 



M. Ciramino read a paper on the Indian Theatre in Europe. He 

 was followed by Dr. Winternitz, who described the MSS. of 

 the Mahabharata in the Whish collection of the R.A.S. Some 

 of the Southern MSS. showed remarkable variations from the 

 hitherto accepted text. In the discussion which followed it 

 was resolved that a critical edition of the great Epic should 

 be undertaken in Europe, and that arrangements should be 

 made for that purpose. Dr. Winternitz also laid on the table 

 his edition of the *' Mantrapatha or the prayer-book of the 

 Apastambins, — Pt. I." 

 Afternoon. 



Count de Gubernatis made a short communication regarding " The 

 God Brahman and the Goddess Savitri." He was followed by 

 M. Formichi on ** The God Brhaspati in tlie Rg-Veda," who 

 in his turn was succeeded by Professor Kirste on Inversion in 

 the Direction of Writing. 



M. Foucher, who was at the time travelling in India, bad sent to 

 the Congress a paper entitled " The Itinerary of Hiuen- 

 Tsiang in Gandhara." The paper being a long one had been 

 entrusted to M. Finot for the preparation of an abstract. This 



