Movern Iuirarion jor tHE VEDAS, &e. } 
aS) 
09 ‘ist « CINO—leiinse, | 
Avcory of the Ezour Védam in, French ionly,. probably the original 
whence the transcript sent to France was made, as the original title of 
the work, * Jozour Béd,” which appears at the head of.the first page has 
béeem, crossed wwith’a pen and the werds * Ezoup,V.edam, as. itstands in 
the, printed bock,.writte; above it.; The former is the mode-in, which.the 
Sanserit name,w ould be, written and ‘pronounced. in the dialect of ; Bengal, 
and isin conformity with the orthography of the rest -cf. the work s.;the 
substituted title -appreaches the, pronunciation of the inhabitants. of. the 
south of India, but.is.still incorrect, gs.it..ought, to-be, written, Vefur* 
Védan.. The contents of this manuseript appear. to.be exactly the same as 
the printed werk y-as.I had, not, however, aa opportunity of. perusing. the 
whole of the-latter, [cau only: speak decidedly. ofthe former part which 
js the-same as the manuscript... Ibeonsists whelly..of. atcolloguy. between: 
Caoumonvo <SUMANTA): and Biacy: (Vyasa). and. is: divided into six, 
Dbeoks, of . which the, Ist. contains. six chapter's, the 2d, 3d, 6th and . 
7th six, and the, 4th and, 5th five each, . 
No. 2.". 
Tsis manuscript: isa -quarto: yolume bound in black Jeather.. Ye 
contains that part.of the. ‘* Zozochi. Kormo Bédo,” which treats on sthe- 
Sandhya, &c. the whole of the -Ezour ,Védam,: as contained in the 
preceding..manuscript, and the supplement-ef the Baour:Védam. Albin: 
 * Tue srude naga, is Vgush,. the fina} consonant of. which ia under, certain rules, convertible 
to rand A.) 
