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To Dr. A Sprenger, Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 



My dear Sprenger, — I have the pleasure to forward to you, for 

 publication in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, a letter from W. 

 Elliot, Esq. dated the 30th August, together with a comparative list of 

 the Upanishads and extracts from the Mahavakya Ratnavali and the 

 Muktika Upanishads, to which I added an English translation. 



Mr. Elliot's list of the Upanishads, as received among the Telin- 

 gana Pandits, — the first complete one that has ever been published — ■ 

 will be of great value to all those who take an interest in those curious 

 monuments of antiquity, and will, no doubt, induce other friends of 

 Sanscrit literature, whose position gives them an opportunity of doing 

 so, to collect similar lists among the Pandits of different parts of 

 India, especially at Benares, in the country of the Mahrattas and in 

 Rajasthana. 



Yours sincerely, 



Eowrah, 31st Oct. 1851. E. Roer. 



To Br. E. Roer, Calcutta. 



Masulipatam, August 30£A, 1851. 



Dear Sir, — On receiving the October number for 1850 of the 

 Bibliotheca Indica (Vol. VII. No. 34) some weeks ago, I compared 

 the list of Upanishads given in the preface, with those known to the 

 Pandits of this part of India (Telingana), and finding the variations 

 to be considerable, I have thought that it might perhaps be interesting 

 to you to see the result of my examination. I must premise however 

 that I have never given my attention to this branch of Brahminical 

 learning, and I trust therefore you will pardon me, if you find the 

 particulars I now send, either crude or superfluous. 



The number of Upanishads contained in your list (pref. v. — vii. 

 note) compiled from those of Colebrooke, Weber, Anquetil du Perron, 

 &c. is 95. The received lists of this part of India exhibit the larger 

 number of 108. But in your list, different parts of the same Upani- 

 shad bear separate Nos., as for instance, the Mandukya, which in 

 Colebrooke's list is entered "Nos. 12 — 15." Adopting these addi- 

 tional numbers wherever they occur in yours, the Telugu list is 

 increased to 120. Of all these I have copies, or am able to procure 

 them, besides which I possess three other works, termed Upauishads 



