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selected, and no less than fifty-eight fasciculi of it have already been pub- 

 lished. 



The Sanhita portion of that work was undertaken by Dr. Roer, but, 

 owing to his depai-ture from India on the completion of the first volume, it 

 had to be made over to Professor Cowell, who completed the second volume. 

 The third has just been brought to a conclusion by Professor Mahes 'achandra 

 Nyayaratna. The Council have every reason to be satisfied that the work 

 is being carried on with great care and diligence. 



The Brahmana portion of the work, including the Aranyaka, was made 

 over to Babu Rajendralala Mitra ; and he has already published 34^ fasciculi, 

 and two more will, it is expected, complete his labours. The work comprises 

 the most ancient litm^gy of the Hindus, and is in importance second to none 

 in the whole range of Sanskrit literature. 



Of the third, or the Sama Veda, the text and translation of the Archika 

 had been published in Europe, and the Society therefore selected the TaJidya 

 Brahmana, which is the largest and most comprehensive of the Brahmanas 

 of that Veda. Sixteen fasciculi of this work have been issued, and only four 

 remain to complete it. A complete edition of the Sanhitas with the com- 

 mentary of Sayana and the musical notes of the text, has likewise been 

 undertaken, and the three fasciculi which have been issued reflect much 

 credit on the learned editor, Pandit Satyavrata Samas rami. 



The Sanhita of the fourth Veda having been published in Europe, the 

 Society, in 1869, took in hand, at the suggestion of Professor Kuhn and 

 Mr. Whitley Stokes, the only Brahmana extant of that Veda.* Although 

 no commentary was accessible, the editor, Pandit Harachandra Vidyabhu- 

 shana, had several old and excellent MSvS., and it was expected that, with 

 their aid and his own thorough knowledge of the subject, he would be able 

 to do full justice to the work. Unfortunately his death, which took place 

 immediately after the publication of the fixrst fasciculus, for a time put a 

 stop to the progress of this publication ; but its printing has lately been 

 resumed under the editorship of Babu Rajendralala Mitra. 



Of the Upanishads, or the theological portions of the Vedas, fifteen of the 

 most important treatises have already been published. English translations of 

 ten of them by Dr. Boer, of two others by Professor Cowell, and of another 

 by Babu Rajendralala Mitra, have likewise been issued ; and the Council have 

 the pleasure to announce that most of the works are already out of print. 



Next to the Vedas, the Vedangas, or the sciences subsidiary to them, 

 claim the greatest attention. These include phonology, grammar, prosody, 

 glossary, rituals, and astronomy ; the most important being the rituals or 

 Sutras. They form a sort of exegesis of the rituals of the Vedas, and it is 

 impossible to understand the purport of the Vedic mantras, and the most 

 * Gopatha Brahmana. 



