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23. Another copy, No. 100.— Countermark 400. 



This is a very sraill, and still more imperfect, manuscript. It 

 wants the beginning, and the en ling : is not regular in the middle; 

 and tlior.gh not so much broken by use, as the last copy, yet is 

 injured in this way, chiefly at the two ends. It is not touched by 

 insects. It does not seem ciny way x>ossible to form one complete 

 copy from bctli of these fragments. Being a popular book, it can 

 always be proi urt d, as it is very common northward of Madras. It is 

 the production of the aforesaid Brahman composed in the dvi-pada 

 measure; und written under the patronage of Buddhana Siddha-redi^ 

 a chief in the Oaddapah district, w ho bestowed money very liberally 

 on him. As it is a version from the well known Sanscrit poem, 

 an abstract of the contents is not required. 



Note. — Both MSS. are entered in Des. Catal. vol. 1. p. 335. 

 art. 51. One copy is termed iucomj)lete, implying the completeness 

 of the other one ; an inference that would be ill founded. 



24. Sarangadhara Charitra, tale of Sarangcidhara, No. 61. — Counter- 

 mark 407. 



This is a fragment of a poem by Chamalcuri-Vencatapati', a work 

 of romance or fiction ; the hero being Sarargadhara son of Ehoga- 

 devend> ad". The incidents are not of a kind to be abstracted here ; 

 ar.d 1 therefore refer to the very sufficient notice of them in art. 

 liv. page 3.37, vol. 1. of the Des. Catalogue. This fragment has 

 the a]:!pearance of being very oi l, and is a very small part, of what I 

 understand to be propei- y a large work. 



The sabject is that of the two Tamil manuscripts, noticed in the 

 foregoin^i; ]/0;tion of this report. A. a. 24 and 25. Nos. 117 and 118. 



Acconlirg to the Des. Catalogue there should be another copy in 

 prose, on this same subject, in Telugu, which manuscript apparently 

 is not now in the collection. 



25. Bhoja-raja-Cheritra, theses of Bhoja raja, No. 68 -Counter- 

 mark 351. 



The book is a fictitious work on the plan of the Pancha-tantra, and 

 similar productions. It is not concerning Bhoja-roja himself ; but the 



