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" 5. I have not yet been able to obtain access to papers in the 

 possession of the Jains of Berar, which would, I feel convinced, throw 

 light upon much that is interesting in the habits and customs of a 

 people that formerly ruled the greatest portion of India. I have 

 however, lately been informed that Dr. Haug of Poona has succeeded 

 in obtaining possession of a number of Jain books in the Pali cha- 

 racter, and that he intends to use them in illustration of the Jain 

 literature and history. 



" 6. If considered necessary, I will furnish photographs of some 

 of the most remarkable of the Himarpanti temples, giving views of 

 their interiors as well as of their elevation. The most ancient are 

 sunk three or four feet below the level of the surrounding ground, 

 and are so covered in as to be barely perceptible to those ignorant 

 of their locality." 



The Council submitted for the approval of the Society, the following 

 report from the Philological Committee, which had been adopted by 

 them : — 



REPORT. 



The Philological Committee recommend to the Council that the 

 following offers to edit works in the Bibliotheca Indica be accepted: — ■ 



1. Prom Pundit Jayanarayana Tarkapanchanana, Professor of 

 Philosophy in the Sanscrit College, to edit the Nyaya JBlidshya of 

 Vatsyayana. 



This is a very rare work. Three MSS. are available for the text. 

 It is the earliest commentary on the Nyaya aphorisms, and is of the 

 utmost importance for ascertaining the doctrines of the ancient as 

 opposed to the modern Naiyayika school. It will occupy about two 

 Fasciculi. 



2. From Dr. Mason of Tounghoo, to print a Pali Grammar 

 prepared by him from a Native Grammar found in a Burmese monastery. 

 Mr. Grote and Dr. Sprenger formerly reported favourably upon the 

 MSS. Dr. Mason proposes printing the Grammar at the " Tounghoo 

 Karen Institute Press," and requests that he may have 100 copies. 



3. Prom Pundit Eamnarayana, to edit the Sutras of Asvalayana 

 with the Vritti. This is the authority for the sacrificial ceremonies of 

 the Hotris or Priests connected with the Rig "Veda. It will occupy 

 about six Fasciculi. 



