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was begun by the same editor in 1875, and, after his death, continued by 

 the Pandits Yogesvara Bhattacharya and Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna. 

 Soon after this portion was completed, sufficient manuscripts were found 

 to be ready to proceed to the publication of the fifth or supplementary 

 part (or parisesha khanda), which was done in 1881 by the joint editors 

 of the previous portion. Of this part six fasciculi are now published. 

 Of the fourth part, on the funeral ceremonies (or sraddha), there are 

 already three manuscripts available ; but of the fifth part, the Kala 

 Khanda, there are still none known that are complete. 



5. Pandit Satyavrata Samasrami commenced the second volume of 

 his edition of the Nirukta, the well known glossarial explanation of 

 obscure Vedic terms. The first fasciculus of this part has been published. 

 The text is accompanied with extracts from various commentaries. 



6. Professor R. Garbe, of Konigsberg, has also commenced the 

 second volume of his edition of the A'pastamba S'rauta Sutra. This is a 

 very rare and important ritual work, belonging to the Black Yajur Veda, 

 of which, for a long time, till Dr. Burnell's successful researches in South 

 India, no complete manuscripts were available. To the text is added 

 Rudradatta's commentary which, however, unfortunately does not extend 

 to more than about two-thirds of the Sutra, that is, the fifteenth section 

 or prasna. Two fasciculi of the second volume have been published. 



7. Of the PritMrdj Bdsau, the celebrated old Hindi epic of Chand 

 Bardai, narrating the family history and personal exploits of Prithiraj, 

 the last Hindi ruler of Dehli, one fasciculus has been published by Dr. 

 A. P. Rudolf Hoernle. 



Three of the works, the forthcoming publication of which was an- 

 nounced in the annual report of last year, were commenced during 

 the year under review. These are 



8. An annotated English Translation of the Susruta Samhita, 

 which, next to the Charaka, is the most important of the ancient Hindi 

 medical works. The first two fasciculi of this work have been published 

 by Dr. U. C. Dutt, Civil Surgeon of Serampore. 



9. The Parisishta Parvan or SxHAViRAVALf Charitra by Hema- 

 chandra, a Jain work in Sanskrit verse on the history of the first twelve 

 Sthaviras or Patriarchs from the death of Mahavira down to the last 

 S'rutakevalin. The first fasciculus has been published by Professor H. 

 Jacobi of Miinster. 



10. The Paras ara Smriti, accompanied with Madhava's Commen- 

 tary. The first fasciculus has been published by Pandit Chandrakanta 

 Tarkalankara. 



The following works are in a more or less forward state of publica- 

 tion : — 



