1859.] The Sri-sukta, or Litany to Fortune. 125 



scribed for more than one important solemn ceremony,* and, espe- 

 cially, at regal inaugurations. As a Vaidika Jeliila, it likewise stands 

 by itself, I believe, in having induced a commentary. 



Neglecting inferior readings, as hardly meriting specification, I 

 have collated five manuscripts of the scholia now published. The 

 oldest of them which bears a date was transcribed only sixty-five 

 years ago. In one of my copies, they are attributed to one Vidy- 

 adhara ; another names Yidya Tirtha Mahes'wara as their author ; 

 a third assigns them, somewhat incredibly, to Vidyaranya Swamin ; 

 and the rest are silent. 



In the absence of smaller types provided with the accents, the 

 exhibition of these marks has been dispensed with in the text o* 

 the ensuing hymn. Nor has it seemed necessary, as for the trans- 

 lation, to state at full all the optional interpretations suggested in 

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3ftfj 



xT^t ff^TSmf ^T^fT ^TTcRTT *T *HT qTT II \ II 

 fa^cT Tfcf ^T I IT *W c# ff ?:*SJ W f¥*HSIW «W^T ?*?: 

 *ret ^T I 



* Noticeably during the S' ' dradi-nava-ratra, or nine nights in the light fort- 

 night of Aswina, one of the leading Hindu festivals. It is indispensable to 

 read the S'ri-siikta at that season. The LaJcshmi-hridaya-slotra and Sapta- 

 s'ati are also largely perused at the same time. 



