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Snana, the Sandhya and the Parisishta Sutras of which he possesses some 

 excellent MSS. The work will prove of great value in explaining the 

 domestic rites of the followers of the Sama Veda. 



The Society's edition of the Sahhita of the Black Yajur Veda, which was 

 originally undertaken by the late Dr. Roer, and subsequently taken in hand by 

 Dr. Cowell, is now being carried through the press by Professor Mahesachan- 

 dra Nyayaratna of the Calcutta Sanskrit College. The work is of large 

 extent, and it will take three or four years yet before it can be completed. 

 Only one fasciculus was printed during the past year. 



Arahic and Persian Series. 



In the Arabic and Persian Series, eight fasciculi were issued during the 

 year. 



Of the Igdhali, or ' Biographical Dictionary of Persons that knew 

 Muhammad', by Ibn Hajar, Maulawi 'Abdul Hai^Head-Professor of the 

 Calcutta Madrasah, has issued Pasc. XIV and XV of Vol. II. A complete 

 MS. of l9abah was kindly lent to the Society by Nawab Sayyid Siddiq Hasan 

 Khan of Bhopal, and another MS. of the missing Vols. II and III was 

 obtained from Maulawi Kabiruddin. Maulawi 'Abdul-Hai, in October last, 

 went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, where he expects to examine the MS. of 

 the Igdhali preserved there. 



Major Raverty has issued two fasciculi, Nos. VII and VIII, of his 

 annotated English Translation of the Tabaqat-i-Na9iri. 



Mr. Blochmann has issued two 4to. fasciculi, Nos. XVIII and XIX, 

 of the Persian text of the Ain-i-Akbari. Not quite two fasciculi more will 

 comj)lete the work. 



Maulawi 'Abd-urrahim of the Calcutta Madrasah has issued two 4to. 

 fasciculi of Abul-Fazl's Akbarnamah, Vol. II. 



The following is a detailed list of the publications during 1876 — 



SansTcrit. 



CHATrRYARGA Chintamani, by Hemadri, edited by Pandit Bharata- 

 chandra S'iromani. Nos. 331, 341, 344, 354, Vol. II, Fasc. Ill to VI. 



Sama Veda Sanhita, with the commentary of Sayana Acharya, edited 

 by Pandit Satyarvata Samasrami, No. 334, Vol. II, Fasc. VI. Nos. 339 

 340, 342, 347, 348, 351, 355, VoL III, Fasc. I to VII. 



AiTAEEYA Aeantaka of the Rig Veda with the commentary o£ 

 Sayana Acharya, edited by Rajendralala Mitra. Nos. 335, 337, 345, Fasc. 

 Ill to V. 



BhamatI, a gloss on S'ankara Acharya's commentary on the Beahma 

 St^TRAS, by Vaschaspati Misra, edited by Pandit Bala Sastri. Nos. 336, 

 343, Vol. I Fasc. II and III. 



