1887.] Dr. R. Mitra— New edition of Manu. 113 



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Dr. Rajendralala Mitra in bringing to the notice of the meeting the 

 new edition of Manu with seven Commentaries,* recently published by 

 the Hon. Rao Sahib Visvanath Narayana Mancllik, C. S. I. made the 

 following remarks : Among the presentations lately received there is 

 an edition of the Institutes of Manu, which is worthy of special notice. 

 The text of the Manu-sanhita has been already printed some twenty 

 times or more in India, and some of the editions contain also the com- 

 mentary of Kulluka Bhatta ; a new edition therefore may not appear 

 anything out of the common. The new one, however, comes with a 

 special recommendation ; it includes seven different commentaries, six 

 of which are rare and have now been printed for the first time. The 

 editor is well-known for his literary labours, his high scholarship, and 

 his profound knowledge of Hindu law, and he has taken great pains 

 to make his edition in every way worthy of his reputation. Of the 

 text he has had access to a large number of MSS. from almost every 

 part of India where Sanskrit is largely cultivated, and has made ex- 

 cellent use of them to secure a complete critical apparatus for the study 

 of the work. Of most of the commentaries, MSS. are exceedingly rare, 



* Manava-Dharma Sastra, with the Commentaries of Medhatithi, Sarvajiia 

 narayana, Kulluka, Raghavananda, Nandana, Ramachandra, and Govindaraja. Edited 

 with notes by the Hon. Rao Sahab Vishvanath Narayan Mandlik, C. S. I. ; 

 M. R. A. S. ; F. R. G. S. ; F. S. S. (Lond.) Additional Member of Council of the 

 Governor- General of India, &c, &e. &c. 



