333 J^eport on the Mackenxie Mauuscn'jts. [A run. 



31. Totniul-vtlacam, ;i grammar of iliotoric, No. G2 — Countonnark 

 213. 



Tliis is a work of high repiifation by Viramaviuni^ or Beschi, a Ro- 

 man Catholic Missionary of the early part of the 17th century; whose 

 philological works stand quite apart from those of any other Europran 

 writer. He liad many learned natives to assist him. lie was, however, 

 beyond all qnc«tion, the most dislinguished Tamil scholar of his age. 

 This work is a grammar of the 67<fn-Tamil inclusive of prosody, tropes 

 and rhetorical embellishments. It was translated by Mr. Babington of 

 the Madras Civil Service ; and is still a standard work for reference. 



This copv wants tive palm leaves, of the index only, at the beginning 

 the remainder is complete. The leaves and writing are quite fresh in 

 their appearance : and remain undamagiMi. 



NoTF.. — It is entered in Des. Cat. vol. 1, j). 218, art. 3. 



32. Child mbara Jgradi No. 6G — Countermark 224. 



This manuscript is a vocabulary (termed agradi or nigandu) of the 

 Tamil language, by Revana Siddhar of Chillambram. It is in Sutras or 

 in brief verses, and does not extend the alphabetical order of arrange- 

 ment beyond the first letter ; under which order simply the words are 

 arranged, and the meaning or meanings, given. It is a much more 

 brief, and simple, composition, than the Mandala puruah-nigandu; but 

 better adapted for memory, or as a manual. The copy is complete, of re- 

 cent band- writing, and in good preservation. 



It is briefly entered in Des. Cat. vol. 1, p. 252, art. viii. 



3'3. Hari'Vilakam hymns ioSiva. 



34. ^ gastt/a - Vj/anam, the wisdom of Jgastya. 



These works were found tied up together with a few pages of the 

 Navija-sastra, which last pages were discovered to be wanting in that 

 manuscript itself, and being restored to the proper place completed it. 

 Perhaps the w^hole originally formed one book ; since, in size and ap- 

 pearance, they correspond. 



