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the North West. The collection includes 188 works, no less than 103 of 

 which relate to or are portions of the Vcdas. A great many of them are 

 no doubt paddhatis or manuals for the performance of ceremonies, but 

 they are therefore not the less useful, inasmuch as those ceremonies have 

 now become obsolete, and a knowledge of there rituals is necessary for 

 a correct understanding of the Vedas. Next to the Vedas the Smritis 

 are the best represented in the collection, there being 21 MSS. on the 

 subject. Then of the Vedanta there are 12 MSS. ; of the Nyaya 7 ; 

 of the Mimansa 8 ; of Grammar 5 ; of the Tantras 9 ; of Poetry 10 ; 

 of Astronomy 4 ; and of the Puranas 3. Most of the MSS. are new 

 to the Library, and the few that are duplicates are desirable on 

 account of their age, accuracy or completeness. Several of these 

 have been read by generations of Panditas, and have had the benefit 

 of their corrections. 





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