071 the Sanskrit Manuscripts in Madras. 77 



patha is the name for the lists of words comprehended un- 

 der the several rules given in the grammar. 



Besides these two classes of works, the books on the doctrine 

 and history of the various Hindu sects cannot fail to excite the 

 greatest interest. As many of these originated in the South 

 of India, it is not surprising to learn that Madras is richer in 

 the writings of Sectarians than any other library. We find 

 there numerous works ascribed to Qankaracharya,Ra m a nu j a ' 

 Ramananda,Madhvacharya and other heads of sects, together 

 with the commentaries of their disciples, as well as numerous 

 tracts on the ritual and history of the sects in question. Many 

 of these works are at present unique, and should the time 

 come, as we trust it will, when the now neglected last stage 

 of the religious development of India, shall again engage the 

 attention of Oriental scholars, we shall -have to look to the 

 collections of Madras chiefly for further information on the 

 history of the fall of Hinduism. 



Finally the catalogues themselves call for some remarks- 

 Regarding the Catalogue Raisonnee (sic) of the Rev. W. 

 Taylor, little, unfortunately, can be said in its favour. No 

 scholar can agree either with the general principles of the 

 work or with its details. Each volume of this catalogue 



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comprises a distinct collection, the first that of the East- 

 India-House, the second that of the " Donative MSS." The 

 MSS. of each collection are divided into families- accord- 

 ing to the materials on which they are written. Next, those 

 of each family are sub-divided according to languages, and 

 those containing works in the same language according to 

 the characters in which they are written. Then only fal- 

 lows the arrangement under general headings according to 

 the subjects of the works in alphabetical order, and under 

 each the MSS. are arranged according to their press-marks, 

 separating those of the same book frequently by great dis- 

 tances. This scheme is certainly ingenious, but most un- 



