224 S. C. D&a—Ekotibhdva. [Nov. 



this Society, No. VII, July last) " some extracts from the Tibetan and 

 Sanskrit works he has procured from Lhasa would have been most 

 welcome to us. In questions of this kind ancient records are of infinite- 

 ly greater use than the cogitations of modern scholars." Gentlemen, if 

 you be disposed to consider these MSS. which I now submit for examina- 

 tion, as old and genuine, the etymology of this Buddhist term will, I hope, 

 be definitely settled ; for in all these MSS. which are obtained from 

 different place, by different persons, at different times, the word occurs 

 with a dental t and a long " i." Among these MSS you will find 

 Csoma's MSS. Glossary of Tibetan technical terms in English in which 

 the word " Ekotibhava " is clearly written with a dental " t " and a 

 long " i." If, according to Dr. Mitra and his friend Baba P. C. Ghosha, 

 there exists no means to write the Sanskrit $ in Tibetan, how could 

 Csoma in his transliteration of a chapter of the Tangyur write the jword 

 with a long " i " ? Csoma's Glossary is about 50 years old, and it is in 

 his own handwriting. With regard to Dr. Mitra' s assertion of the long 

 " i ", I would refer you to p. 20 of Csoma's Tibetan Grammar where, 

 under the heading " Alphabetical scheme of the Sanskrit language 

 when written in Tibetan characters," you will find a long " i " ( t ) 

 written as »*•." 



The Philological Secretary exhibited to the meeting a curious 

 old brass vase, belonging to Dr. Geoffry C. Hall, Superintendent of the 

 Central Prison in Allahabad. It had been found some few years ago in 

 the District of Mirzapur, buried in an old temple. It was in the form 

 of a small jug (see Plate IV), about 3 inches high, with two figures 

 attached on opposite sides, forming supporters. One of the figures 

 was represented standing, holding a fan in its right hand; the other 

 was seated, having a spoon in its right hand, and a pan in the left. 



Babu Sarat Chandra Das, explained that the vase, of bell metal, 

 was a miniature representation of an incense-burner, such as are 

 set up in Nepalese temples. They are of very large size, about 4 feet 

 high, and are served by Nepalese monks of the Tantrik school who 

 wear locks. Two of the latter are represented in the act of serving 

 the miniature burner. One holds a spoon in his right hand to put 

 incense into the burner from a pan which is in his left hand. The 

 other holds a fan to blow the glowing mass in the burner. 



The following papers were read. — 



I. E'tudes sur les Arachnides de V Asie meridionale, faisant partie 

 des collections de V Indian Museum (Calcutta). II. Arachnides recueillis 

 anx Isles Andaman par M. li. D. Oldham. — Par M. E. Simon de Paris. 

 Communicated by the Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 



