1895.] Annual Report. 17 



2. Maasira-1-Umara, or a history of the Great loobies of the Mughal 

 Court during the first half of the eighteenth century, by Shah Nuwaz 

 Khan. He played a conspicuous part in tlie affairs of the Deccan, and 

 for his generous act of self-sacrifice, in saving the life of Nasir Jang, was 

 obliged to live in concealment and obscurity for seven years, during 

 which time he wrote tbis great work, Three volumes of the work have 

 been published, but without indices. The index to the first volume 

 appeared during the year under review in two fasciculi. Vol. I. Fasc. 

 X. and XI., under the Editorship of Maulvi Mirza Asbraf Ali. 



3. A Commentary by Abu Zakaria Yaliya At-Tibrizi on the ten 

 ancient Arabic poems, was completed during the year under review by 

 C. J. Lyall, Esq., C.S., President of the Society. The poems all belong 

 to a period before Muhammad, but the Commentary is post-Muham- 

 madan. The edition is based on MSS. at Cambridge, Leyden, and 

 London. 



B. Sanskrit Series. 



1. Aitareya Brahmana is after the Rig-veda, the oldest Vedic 

 work known. It was published with an English translation, about 

 60 years ago, by M. Haug. Pandit Satyavrata Sama9rami has under- 

 taken to publish the work with Say ana's Commentary, references and 

 indices. It has advanced by three fasciculi, Yol. I., Fasc. I., II., 

 and III. 



2. prauta stitra of pamkhayana has advanced by one fasciculus only 

 under the Editorship of Professor Dr. Alfred Hillebrandt of Breslau. 

 It contains Yaradattasuta Anartiya's Commentary on one of the later 

 chapters of the work. Yol. III., Fasc. 11. 



3. Taittiriya Samhita, or the Black Yajurveda, has changed hands. 

 Mahamahopadhyaya Mahe9a Candra Nyayaratna, CLE., having 

 resigned the Editorship, the work was made over to Pandit Satyavrata 

 Sama9rami, who has published one fasciculus only during the year 

 under review, viz., Fasc. XXXYIT. 



4. Tattva-cinta-mani, by Gar)ge96padhyaya, who composed his 

 great work on Logic and Philosophy about 750 years ago, with a view to 

 dispel the darkness produced by heretics, — Pracanda-jodsanda tamastitiv 

 sayd, — has advanced by one fasciculus only, namely, Yol. lY., Fasc. I. 

 The fourth volume deals with the Cabdakhanda, i.e., the evidential 

 value of words or speech. 



5. Yrhat Svayambhu Purana is the only Buddhist Purana 

 known. It deals with the sacredness of various spots in the Svayam- 

 bhu Ksetra and other parts of the Yalley of Nepal. It is a store-house 

 of legends on Nepal Buddhism. It has advanced by three fasciculi 

 under the Editorship of Pandit Haraprasad (Jastri Fasc. I, II and III. 



