130 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [May, 



B i ah man a, Pandita A'nandachandra will, perhaps, find it convenient 

 to edit it along with the Tandya. 



k ' Mr. Griffith lias lately suggested that the Society should carry on 

 the continuation of the Mahdbhdshya from the place where Dr. Bal- 

 lantyne dropped it, and Professors Bala S'astri and Kajarama S'astri 

 have since expressed their willingness to undertake the work. 



" As to the importance of the work as the great store-house of San- 

 skrit philology, there can be no difference of opinion. Nor can there 

 be a question as to the propriety of the Society undertaking it, for 

 it is certain that no private enterprize will ever take up so volumi- 

 nous and at the same time so unsaleable a work. But it will have to 

 be decided whether it ought to be printed from the place where Dr. 

 Ballantyne stopped, or begun from the commencement. Dr. Ballantyne 

 printed about one-third of the work on 808 folia, and it would effect a 

 saving of over 3000 Rs , if we follow him. But on the other hand, he 

 adopted the old Indian puthi form, and we must, for the sake of unifor- 

 mity, give up our handy 8vo., and agree to unwieldy oblong loose 

 sheets which will no where be welcome. Dr. Ballantyne's edition, 

 besides, is out of print, and new purchasers of our edition will be called 

 upon to accept a book which they can never get completed. 



" The portion that remains to be printed will fill about 1600 octavo 

 pages, and cost Bs. 5000. If we print from the beginning, the cost 

 will be about Bs. 8000 payable in five or six years. 



" MSS. of the work are very scarce, except at Benares, where there 

 are several teachers of the Blidshya* 



a Of works on law, I would suggest the Vriddha-pardsara Smriti 

 and the Vyavahdra Tilaka of Bhavadeva. The former is an authori- 

 tative text-book, and the latter a scarce and very learned compilation. 

 Should we resolve upon printing them, measures should be taken 

 to procure MSS. I know of only one MS. of the latter in Calcutta. 



" Professor Max M idler, some time ago, recommended the Vayu Pu- 

 raija as the oldest and most interesting of the Puranas. Our Assistant 

 Secretary, Babu Pratapachandra Grhosha, is willing to undertake it, and 

 as MSS. of it may be had in abundance, I would suggest that it be at 



* 8"ncc writing the above, I have learnt that the work has already been sent 

 to press at Benares under the auspices of II is Highness the Maharaja of 

 Vizianagaram. 



