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work is well known under the name of Arichandra, of which an 

 excellent English translation was, a short time ago, published in 

 England by Mr. Matukumara Svami of the Ceylon Legislative Council. 



The same editor has also published a new and very carefully revised 

 edition of the Venisaiihara of Bhatta Narayana, with a new commentary. 



The learned professor Jayanarayana Tarkalankara, to whom Sanskrit 

 scholars are indebted for several excellent commentaries on ancient 

 Sanskrit authors, has lately presented to the public a very useful little 

 digest, named Puddrtha-tattvasdra, containing an epitome of the Philo- 

 sophy of Kapila and Kanada. The book will prove a great help to the 

 students of philosophy in the Sanskrit colleges of Calcutta and Benares. 



An original treatise on the mode of performing the ceremony of 

 weighing one-self against gold, silver and other articles intended for 

 presentation to Brahmans, Tuldddna-paddhati, and a new grammar of the 

 Sanskrit language (A'siibodham Vyakaranam), have been brought out 

 by the indefatigable Professor Taranatha Tarkavachaspati of the 

 Sanskrit College. The former will prove useful to those who have 

 especial faith in, and the means to perform, the interesting ceremony 

 of which it treats, but we doubt very much if the latter is likely 

 to supersede the excellent compendium of Varadaraja, the Laghu 

 Kaumudi. 



To the Persian scholar, we have to recommend a small volume con- 

 taining two small treatises on Metre and Rhyme, the 'Aruz of Sain, 

 and the Kdfiah of Jami, very carefully edited by the learned Shemitist, 

 Professor H. Blochmann. 



In three old letters found in the archives of the Asiatic Society, 

 the late Colonel Wilford announced to Mr. Edward Colebrooke, the 

 discovery of certain Sanskrit MSS. on geography, of which no notice 

 has since been met with, and which seem not to be known to Sanskrit 

 scholars. The works named are, 1, Bhavishya Pur ana of 60,000 slokas. 

 The Purana of that name, according to the Vishnu Purana, should con- 

 tain only 14,000 slokas. In the commentary on the second work on our 

 list Jayasinha, " who often speaks or is made to speak in the first person, 

 says that he had in vain sent people all over India to procure it ; he 

 ascertained that it was not to be found, and supposed it no longer existed ; 

 however near Allahabad he heard that it was in Trina guru Desa or 

 Tibet, in the possession of Jnani guru, and that he got a copy from 



