Uiport on the Macleuz'c. Mafuiscrlpts. 



[ A rim 



siiiHMriuoii> for luo (osuoorst r.ny remarks. Tlio locality of rriddha- 

 cha!a voM-liiin I uiuUMslajul to be iiitcrmeaiatc belwi-on 'I'rinvmaU and 

 the Cavert r'wcr, that is to Verdaclielluin in the Carnalio. 

 Tlic MS. is oniered in Dos. Cat. vol. 1, p. I6l), art. xviii. 



47. I'ailur Sr/ntLi-pu)\inam, No. 19— CouiUcrmcirk 28. 



4j?. Another oojn-, No. 30 — CoinUcriiKirk vSl . 

 4!.). Ibi.l. No. o/— Counlenuark S2. 



50. lbi-1. No. "is- Couulcrin.uk 83. 



The first of tlicse nipios was crrt)neoiisly labelb'il as a i ()|»y of the 

 Vtiddhachala-puranam. It is a very defccdvo manuscript, wanting 

 four A-rtr^a*, out of the eight, of wlii. h the work properly consists. Of 

 llic remaining four se.-lions the deficiencies are 95 sitanzas from the 

 cooly section, 70 ^tan?.r\s from the fanc-seclion, and 99 from the Buud- 

 rf//3-seclion, on'y one s ection is complete. The composition is in verse, 

 with a prose explanation or commentary. fThere remains 1*20 palm« 

 leaves a little old in appearance ; but quite uninjured as to condition. 



No, uG is apparently (pii'e a recent copy : it is also complete in 289 

 pahn-leaves, containing 525 stanzas ; each stanza i)eiug accompanied 

 with a prose exi)lanation. 



No. 37 has a deficiency of 10 stanzas in the 2d section, 1 stanza in 

 the 3d section, 4 stanzas in the 7th section, and 1 stanza in the 8th sec* 

 tion, being 16 stanzas in all, leaving the remainder complete, untouch- 

 ed by insects, and in i)erfect preservation. 



No. 38 has a deficiency of 20 stanzas in the section about the horses : 

 the remainder is complete. The copy is old; but, v/ith a few slight 

 exceptions in very good preservation. 



No. 39 being complete, nothing needs to be done, as to restoring the 

 remaining copies. The following is an abstract of the contents: 



1. The usual invocation, and eulogistic stanzas. 



2. The man^y/ section. It narrates tlie parentage and education of 

 Manica-vasacar, at Vadur, in the PdndiyoAuwgilom. He was a Brah- 

 man; and received the sacerdotal string al 14 years of age. Being of 



