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Oriental Fund. 



The Bibliotheca Indica has received an accession of eight new num- 

 bers. Six of these contain Sanscrit texts and Translations (1), and 

 of the remaining two Numbers, one is in Arabic (2) and the other 

 Persian (3). It was proposed also to print the History of Animals 

 by Damyry, but though six copies of the work had been obtained 

 from various quarters, it was found on comparing them and 

 correcting the text that none was sufficiently correct to enable the 

 editor to proceed with the labour. 



The prospect of the Bibliotheca for this year are encouraging. 

 Two new contributors, Dr. Ballantyne and Mr. Hall of Benares, 

 are engaged in editing, for this work, the Sankhya Pravachana Bha- 

 shya, and their recent proposal to edit the Sutras of all the six Dar- 

 sanas is now under consideration. 



In addition to the books of which parts have been printed, a new 

 work of great importance would have been commenced two months 

 ago, had not the Printer's hands been already fully occupied ; this 

 work is an Arabic Dictionary of the technical terms used in various 

 sciences. It is as large as the Kamus, and it is intended to print 

 it in the same form. 



Two works, moreover, the Chaitanya-chandrodaya Nataka and an 

 English translation of the Chhandogya Upanishad of the Sama Veda, 

 are being edited by the Society's Librarian, Babu Rajendralal Mittra, 

 and others are in progress under the auspices of Drs. Eoer and Bal- 

 lantyne. In short, the coming year's income added to the amount, 

 viz. Es. 9,513-10-10, now at credit of the Oriental Fund, will be in- 

 sufficient to meet the charges for the undertakings already on foot. 



(1) Dr. Roer has edited Naisbada Charita text, Fas. 2, 3 and 4, Brihad 

 Aranyaka Upanishad, English Translation, Fas. 2 ; Several Upanishads, English 

 Translations, Fas. 1 ; and Sahitya Darpana, text Fas. 2. Dr. Ballantyne has edited 

 an English Translation of the last mentioned Number. 



(2) Soyuty Itqanfy, fy 'olum al-Qoran, edited by Mowlawies Basheerooddeen and 

 Noorool Haqq, Fas. 1. 



(3) Sikandar-nainah, edited by Dr. A. Sprenger and Agha Mo/iammad Shooshtaiee, 

 Fas. 1. 



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