1847.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 379 



. « d- XT i r> a > i. i l ar! >> this very imporlant and valuable 



14 Rig Veda Protharaastaka. J ' 



15 Rig Veda Brahmmana Punchika. undertaking of the Society cannot be ex- 



16 Rig Veda Bran mmanastaka Punchika. ecuted to our entire satisfaction. Rea- 



17 Rig Veda Soonta Sorton. 



18 Kapistal Sunghita. son 



10 Gopatakha Brahmmana Purvard ha. 1st, That frequent errors in copies 



20 Gopatakha Brahmmana Prapatakha. „ ., • . , .„ ._ B 



rt , t>'5 * i. i. are the invariable concomitants of ma- 



21 Ditiya Anoostatra. 



22 Ditiya Arunya Gana. nuscript preparation of works. Reason 



23 Prathama Veda Gana. 2nd, That though a multitude of eo- 

 21 Maddhaudina Sutpatha Brahmmana 



Syasashtaka Prapunchika. P ,es of the Vedas be procured for pur- 



25 Maitrayani Sakha, poses of collation, yet the dialect in 



2G Moitra Baruna Sakha. , . , ,, , 



27 Yajur Veda Maddhundina Sakha. whlch the ? were wntten haVln - m a *"** 



28 Yajur Veda Satpatha Brahmmana. measure become obsolete and difficult to 



29 Vasa Brahmmana. be understood even with the assistance 



30 Sarbingsa Brahmmana. „ , . , . , _ t 



31 Saptadasa Prapatakha. of commentaries which are often no less 



32 Sam Vedhana Brahmmana. obscure than the text, the collation can- 



33 Sam Veda Uhagana. not be properly made as its effectual and 



34 Sam Veda Chhandasa. * y J 



35 Sam Veda Trayabingsati Prapatakha. satisfactory execution depends entirely 



36 Sam Veda Panchabingsati Prapa- upon a profound, critical, and scholastic 



37 Go^Uakha Brahmmana of the Athar- acquaintance with that dialect itself. 



va Veda. I am therefore decidedly of opinion, 



that Vedaic Pundits should be procured from Benares, if obtainable there, and 

 employed at fixed salaries, in order to assist in the intended publication. 



Debendernath Tagore, 



Member of the Oriental Section, 



From Dr. E. Roer on the same subject. 



I take the opportunity also to report my proceedings with regard to the Vedas. I 

 would have sent in my report concerning them long before, had it not been my wish 

 to furnish the Society with a correct statement of the collections of the Vedas in Cal- 

 cutta, which I could not as yet render complete, not having examined the MSS. 

 of the Sanscrit College, to which I could not^obtain access, the Library of the 

 College being closed until Monday next. The Vedaic collections of our Library 

 are very defective, and from the accompanying letter of Debendernath Tagore, you 

 will perceive, that he believes we cannot procure parts of the Vedas in Calcutta, 

 an opinion, which is also held by Radhakant Deb. There is however, a complete 

 and sufficiently correct MS. of the Sanhita of the Rig or first Vedas (the first 

 two parts are now with me) in the Library of Bishop's College, which has been 

 placed at my disposal, and I would propose to print this Sanhita, if we can obtain 

 the commentary, together with the commentary ; if not, without it. With this 

 view 1 will without delay employ a pundit, who under my superintendence, is to 

 make a transcript of the MS. in question. With regard to the difficulties attend- 

 ing such an edition, as alluded to in Debendernath's letter, I believe, they are 



