1891.] Dr. Hoernle — Uemarhs on Birch Bark MS. 59 



" From the fourth chapter onwards I have not yet been able fully 

 to trace the remaining chapters. On the 24 th and 25tli leaves I have 

 noticed several names of gruels or yavdgu, which, belong to the seventh 

 chapter, 



" On the obverse of the 28th leaf I have noticed the ending of the 

 8th chapter, thus •TT^^rr^ f^^^^'s^'' ^T^mm% S^JTT: ^^ITTT: I i. e., 

 ' here end the prescriptions of Aphrodisiacs (as set forth) in the approved 

 compendium Navanitaka according to the doctrine of various Acharyas.' 



" On a subsequent leaf I have noticed portions of the eleventh 

 chapter ; and on another the beginnings of the twelfth and thirteenth 

 chapters : thus ^^Trf.* fi3[^T^^^ SJTT^T^m.* and ^^Tfff^^^^^ STTTHm? I 

 i. e. ' here we shall explain the application of bitumen ' and ' here we 

 explain the application of castor-oil.' 



" So far as I can judge for the present, the MS. does not seem to be 

 complete ; though I cannot say whether much or little of it is lost. 



" As I explained before, this medical work ends on the obverse of a 

 certain leaf ; and on the reverse of that leaf commences what appears to be 

 a different work written in the second variety of the alphabet. At the 

 bottom of the obverse of this leaf, marking apparently the end of the 

 medical work, there is a line of writing, in the third variety of the 

 alphabet. It runs thus JJ^^ ^% %ff^TfV^<^ VCW^lfV^T^ ^T^T I This 

 would seem to have been added to the MS. by the scribe who wrote the 

 third portion of the MS. I do not understand its meaning. 



" The beginning of the second portion of the MS., which commences 

 on the reverse of the leaf just referred to, runs thus : — 



§=!f^mn? snfr iT^fTTirf ^^T' etc. 



" The following is a specimen of the contents of this part of the 

 manuscript. See Plate I, No. II, end of first line. 



^W^^t ^ 5^.- f 



(line 2) ^T^C^f^f^rTrft W f^T'S'^r^: ^ vf^^fff II Wm^: 8 8^ 



5rT<gt srrfff^l^ =^ ^^^rr^r^f^^f^ — ii f^^s^Rs: ii (line 3) [8^8] 



* The dots signify illegible aksharas. 



t The other half of the sloka is broken away and lost. 



