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Report on the Maclcenzk Manuscripts.. 



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in character, because fiict and fiction cannot be easily disentangled. 

 The Teliigu work is a transhition frcn the Sanscrit by Nanmiya Bhaft, 

 and his disciple Balasarasvati, according to one account ; according to 

 another account by Tikana-Somai/aji, completed by Polaiya, or Bomma- 

 na-pota-raja. A third account, that of Professor Wilson, states the 

 translation to have been by Nannaiya Bhatt, down to part of the third 

 book ; completed by Tikana Somaydji. Possibly there are two or three 

 different versions. 



It will be seen by attention to the foregoing' details, that a complete 

 copy could not be made of the MSS. in this collection, without ex- 

 traneous aid. The idea of forming such a copy has occupied my mind ? 

 but time and expense seem to forbid the doing so ; and need does not 

 urge it, just at present ; for the copies will not suffer much further in- 

 jury, for a year or two, and whenever the formation of one complete 

 copy may be attempted, other copies, to collate with these, must be 

 procured. One copy, aniforra with the other restored MSS., would 

 probably fill two folio volumes, at least. I have already incurred ex- 

 penses for restoration of MSS. considerably beyond ray allowance for 

 copyists ; and the time required to form such a collated copy would se- 

 riously interfere, with the successful, and timely, discharge of my obli- 

 gation in the other, and more important, parts of my engagement. Hence 

 so laborious a work, with regard to one poem (however valuable), is not 

 my present duty. Should any ulterior process arise out of the present 

 examination, I would then recommend the making such a restoration 

 as a good record copy. 



The following four manuscripts are porlions of a version of the i?/ia- 

 gavata purd?iam. 



19. Panchama-Sca7idham, or the fifth book of the Bhdgavatam^ 

 Ko. 22— Countermark 284. 



This is a complete copy of the fifth book of the Bhdgavatam ; but th^ 

 numbering of the pages, from 221 to 253, shews it to have belonged to 

 a complete copy of the whole work. This MS. is neatly written; is 

 rather old ; but in goad preservation. The version is poetical by Bom- 

 mana-pota-raja . 



20. Sapfama Scandham, or the yeventh book of the same, No. 21 — 

 Countermark 282. 



