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large mass of accents, prosodial marks, and musical notes, and tlie necessity 

 of supplying those marks and notes above and below the lines of the text, 

 as usual in old MSS. , has entailed enormous labour, and greatly swelled the 

 bulk of the work. The third volume, completed during the year, has 

 brought up the work to the third book of the second part, and two volumes 

 more, or about fifteen fasciculi, will bring the work to a completion. The 

 MSS. used all belong to the North Indian recension, with prosodial marks 

 differing in some respects from what are currei^ in Southern India, but the 

 principal peculiarity being the use of figures instead of letters to indicate 

 the notes of the gamut it is not of much importance. 



The fourth volume of the Chaturvarga Ghintdmani is devoted to 

 optional fasts and penances, which disclose an interesting picture of the 

 state of Hindu society at the time when it was compiled, and for some 

 time previously. The work, besides, is replete with quotations from ancient 

 authors, which are o^ great value in connexion with the history of the 

 canonical literature of the country. Seven fasciculi of the work have been 

 printed, and six more will complete the volume. 



Dr. Rajendralala Mitra has brought to conclusion his edition of the 

 Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda with the commentary of Sayana Acha- 

 rya. The work was undertaken at the suggestion of Professor Max Miiller, 

 and it has been completed with the aid of six MSS., one of which was 

 obtained from Dr. Burnell of Mangalore, another from Dr. Biihler of 

 Guzerat, and four from Benares. The texts from Madras and Bombay, it 

 appears, do not differ at all from the North Indian recension. The editor 

 has supplied an abstract, in English, of the contents of the work, and a full 

 account of the materials which he had at command in carrying the work 

 through the press. 



Of Vachaspati Mis ra's Grloss on S'ankara's Commentary on the Veddnta 

 Sutras, two fasciculi have been published during the year under report. It 

 is expected the work will be completed in course of the current year. 



Owing to the want of reliable materials the progress of the Society's 

 edition of the Commentary on the Nitisdra of Kamandaki had been for 

 some time very much impeded. The want, however, has lately been sup- 

 plied. During a recent tour in the North Western Provinces in search of 

 Sanskrit MSS., Dr. Eajendralala Mitra procured a complete and very cor- 

 rect MS. of that work, and with its aid, the editor, Pandit Jagamohana 

 Tarkalankara, will, it is expected, be able to complete the edition in course 

 of the current year. Only one fasciculus of the work was printed during 

 the past year. 



Pandit Chandrakanta Tarkalankara continues his labours on the 

 Griliya Sutras of Gobhila. The commentary on it has been compiled by 

 the Pandit with the aid of two defective MSS. and the glosses on the- 



